Weather.com - Gary Fineout, 10/4/12
As many as 2,500 jobs in Franklin County are under immediate risk if the oyster industry can't get more fresh water into Apalachicola Bay. (Flickr Photo/Ryan Marshall)
EASTPOINT, Fla. -- Florida's oyster industry appears near collapse and needs help to survive, including getting more fresh water into Apalachicola Bay from Georgia, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday in pledging to try to help.
Scott said the crisis affecting the Gulf Coast shows that federal officials need to adjust how much water is flowing downstream, a dispute that has triggered years of lawsuits among Florida, Georgia and Alabama. Oysters require a mix of fresh and salt water to survive. Drought is contributing to the problem according to state agriculture officials.
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