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The oyster industry in Louisiana is crucial to the greater success of the seafood industry at large in the region. Grand Isle ...
The Barnegat Oyster Collective comprises 16 oyster farms from Mantoloking to Great Bay, and runs a waterfront restaurant in ...
Their journey from the Grand Isle lab to a New Orleans restaurant is typical for farmed Louisiana oysters. Unlike traditional ...
Last year, with maritime traffic limited in the Patapsco River channel during the typical planting season, oysters grown in ...
Off-bottom farming could “help diversify the oyster industry and add a level of sustainability as the industry adjusts to a changing coast,” specifically in response to the diversion’s impact on ...
There’s also “off-bottom” oyster farming, in which oysters are grown in bags or cages that float in a body of water. According to the Massachusetts Oyster Project, both of those methods have ...
The Heritage Square food area is where you’ll find the booth for Lady Nellie Oyster Farm, a new food vendor this year and part of a rising number of growers producing specialty off bottom ...
Louisiana’s Grand Isle launches “Jewel” oyster brand to promote off-bottom farming $140K LED grant supports marketing and infrastructure development Technique revives oyster farming post-Hurricane Ida ...
was a pioneer in the off-bottom oyster industry. The fourth-generation oysterman turned from traditional dredging to cage farming in response to changing environmental factors. He was the first ...
Local farming operations like Lowcountry Oyster Company could play a part in ... not just the surface, not just the bottom," shouted McMillan from the other boat. He said that the top 18 inches ...
ExploreGeorgia may open oyster harvesting year-round, but off-season comes with ... than harvesting wild oysters or farming with cages on the river bottom. The Solomons take pride in being first ...
Woollen and her neighbors worry that this way of life will be imperiled if the state approves plans for a sprawling commercial oyster farm on the ... tide for wild shrimp off Seabrook Island.