A Pensacola man is facing a setback in his effort to revitalize the region's oyster industry after recent heavy rainfall destroyed his fledgling crop.
Don McMahon, founder of Pensacola Bay Oyster Co., lost about 400,000 oysters when the rain disturbed the careful balance of saltwater and freshwater required for the oysters to grow.
"The whole top layer of the (Pensacola) bay is freshwater, and the salinity is too low to farm oysters at the surface. We've lost all of our production for the remainder of the year," McMahon said Tuesday.
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