July 19: "We want to comply."
July 26: "We want to file for reconsideration
July 26: "We want to file for reconsideration
Peter Prows, Attorney for
Drakes Bay Oyster Company
July 11 Superior Court Judge Duryee ruled that Drakes Bay Oyster Company must comply with the interim use orders of the Coastal Commission's Cease and Desist Order. The Coastal Commission noted it was looking forward to finally working with Drakes Bay Oyster Company and that it was never its intention to close the farm, only to bring it into compliance. July 18 the Los Angeles Times reported the California Coastal Commission as saying Drakes Bay Oyster Company "has seldom submitted required paperwork on time, despite pledges to do so." However, the Coastal Commission's Lisa Haage went on to say:
"We're hoping that Drakes Bay will now decide to comply," she said, noting the farm's many violations, beginning with its lack of a coastal development permit."Our issue has never been the farm's lease" that allows it to operate in the federal park, she said. "Our issue is to protect coastal resources. They keep saying they want to be cooperative; this is the opportunity to show that."
Haage said the ruling means that the court is compelling the oyster company to comply with the Coastal Commission's edicts.
