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Listen: The Blues ProgramGovernor Charlie Crist tonging for oysters in Apalachicola Bay as FDLE security agent Chris Pate reaches to steady him.
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Photographer
Date
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Collection
Subject Term
Boats and boating--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Oysters
Pterioida
Bivalvia
Mollusks
Shellfish
Oystering
Industry, Maritime--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Oystermen
Saltwater maritime occupations
Occupations, Maritime--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Occupational groups--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Maritime occupational equipment
Government officials
Oyster boats
Oyster tongs
Petroleum--Environmental aspects
Water--Pollution
Marine pollution
Oil pollution of the sea
Ecological disturbances
Environmental disasters
Oil spills--Mexico, Gulf of
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
Food industry and trade--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Seafood industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Fish trade--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Shellfish trade--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Bivalve industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Oyster industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Public officers
Statesmen--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Politicians--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Governors--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Drilling platforms--Accidents--Mexico, Gulf of
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Accompanying note: "In the background is oyster boat owner Joseph James, behind Crist steadying the governor is FDLE agent Chris Pate and seated is radio reporter Trimmel Gomes of WFSU-FM. The governor went to Apalachicola to assure seafood workers that the state will do all it can to help them with the massive BP Oil spill off the Louisiana gulfshore, if it reaches Florida."
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