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Okaloosa County repeals Crab Island vessel exclusion zone, citing shifting sands and maintenance costs
Summary
The Okaloosa County Commission voted unanimously to repeal a 2015 ordinance that created a vessel exclusion zone near Crab Island after staff and commissioners said shifting sands made the corridor ineffective for emergency access and buoys had become a costly maintenance burden.
Okaloosa County commissioners voted unanimously to repeal the 2015 ordinance establishing a vessel exclusion zone near Crab Island, concluding the corridor no longer serves its original emergency-access purpose.
County coastal staff, represented at the hearing by Mike Norberg and Jennifer Adams, told commissioners the area has experienced substantial shoaling that makes the corridor “very shallow and actually…
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