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UF ecologist Jennifer Seavy explains how reduced fresh water from the Suwannee River is responsible for the decline of Big Bend oysters. Seavy presented the findings of the study Saturday at the Cedar Key Library.

Oysters on the decline in Cedar Key and Big Bend

Reduced freshwater flow from the Suwannee River into the Gulf is responsible for a 66-percent decline in oyster populations in Cedar Key and the Big Bend area, according to scientists from the University of Florida.
“We have not seen evidence of oysters on sandbars coming back to a healthy reef,” said Jennifer Seavy, a UF ecologist who has been studying the area since 2009.