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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Maryland oyster growers found themselves in a situation unable to sell to restaurants that were shut down. While restaurants are back open, sales aren t back up to speed; however, a new program is helping with that and more.
Thousands of pounds of oysters recently got unloaded at Choptank Oyster Co. on Kent Island. The locally grown oysters will be planted in the Chesapeake Bay as part of a restoration project.
Kevin McClarren, owner of Choptank Oyster Co., said that when COVID-19 hit, nothing moved off the farm when restaurants shut down.
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Debate swirls over possible oyster harvest regulation Christine Condon Tal Petty calls the water in his corner of the Patuxent River “magic.” The oysters living in its depths draw a special mineral taste from clay on the river floor and fossils along the shore, he said. Those oysters would not even be there if it were not for Petty, who grows them in underwater cages before selling them nationwide. His business is quite a bit different from that of traditional watermen, who tong the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for wild oysters. Environmentalists argue it is an improvement because adding oysters to the bay means adding thousands of natural filters capable of removing harmful nitrogen and sediment as they feed.