Oystermen Battle Over the Future of Texas Oyster Reefs
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Houston Press] By Dianna Wray - January 27, 2015 -
Lisa Halili had to scream into the phone to get her old friend and longtime competitor in the Texas oyster industry, Mihael Ivic, to calm down enough so that she could understand what he was saying.
"The Nelsons are stealing the bay!" Ivic yelled. Lisa's stomach knotted and her hands grew slick with sweat as she handed the phone to her husband, Johnny Halili, to see if he could get Ivic to make sense. The story Ivic told seemed like some kind of sick joke.
Yeah, we've got a lease and now we own your leases, Woody told him.
You really think you're going to kick my fishermen off of our beds and that you're going to control these beds? Johnny asked.
Yeah, I own the beds, Woody said.
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