Oyster bag hearing starts on Monday

The Shorelines Hearings Board meets next week to review appeals on the Taylor Shellfish proposed floating oyster bag farm in Oakland Bay.

A Mason County hearing examiner ruled Nov. 21, approving the project with certain restrictions.

Friends of Oakland Bay filed a petition for review challenging approval of the project, which will take up 9.1 overwater acres with a 50-acre project boundary for floating aquaculture gear.

The group claims the farm is inconsistent with public access policies, doesn’t comply with views and aesthetics policies and says the examiner failed to impose reasonable condi...