Drake’s Bay Oyster Company appealed on Wednesday a U.S. District Court ruling that the company could not remain in operation while it wages a lawsuit against the Obama administration.

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled on Monday that it was beyond the court’s jurisdiction to grant Kevin Lunny’s request for a court order invalidating Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s decision to terminate oyster farming in Drakes Estero.

Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ 31-page ruling, which…