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Five generations of Philip Vinson’s family have labored using tongs to pull oysters from Apalachicola Bay’s shallow waters. He fears there won’t be a sixth.
In this Thursday, April 2, 2015 photo, Gene Dasher, left, and Frankie Crosby, center, use wire baskets on the end of 14-foot handles to tong oysters while Misty Crosby culls oysters by separating them from clumps of shells they attach to on Apalachicola Bay near Eastpoint, Fla.
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