Shellfish farms for companies like Hog Island Oyster Co. in Tomales Bay were cleared to reopen after a sewage spill at a hotel and restaurant near the West Marin waterway earlier this month led to their closure, a spokesperson for the company confirmed Monday.

The sewage spill was reported on Oct. 9 at the Olema House hotel and Due West tavern along state Highway 1 south of Tomales Bay. Marin County officials said in a press release that county environmental health staff discovered a septic system leak into Olema Creek, and the leak was promptly capped.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.