September 28, 2012 - 6:00pm

The economic disaster of the oyster industry around Apalachicola Bay has turned inside out the pockets of a community that has long relied upon the waterway for its life.
Families are suffering -- many say "desperately" -- as the state continues to await a response from the Obama administration on whether to declare the region a fishery resources disaster. The bay has been hindered by severe drought, a reduction in fresh water and also self-inflicted wounds from the harvesting of immature oysters in recent, difficult times.