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Local Oyster Farms Starting to Recover After Tough Pandemic Year capeandislands.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capeandislands.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dave Paling, owner operator of Crooked River Shellfish Farm. Photo courtesy: Dave Paling When restaurants closed due to coronavirus restrictions, Wareham’s seven oyster growers found themselves along with so many others in a precarious position. Oyster sales decreased sharply, leaving growers with an abundance of oysters in a time of limited demand. Wareham shellfish grower Dave Paling owns Crooked River Shellfish Farm. He said his farm, which is considered small by industry standards, would typically sell 1,000 to 2,000 oysters each week before the pandemic. When the pandemic hit, sales fell. Paling said he lost roughly 75 to 80 percent of revenue in 2020, compared to 2019 numbers. ....
NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Sea Grant funding helps Barnstable growers get seafood to families in need Joint Effort with Cape Cod Cooperative Extension donates frozen, shucked oysters to Cape and Greater Boston food banks Bronwen Howells Walsh WOODS HOLE The Woods Hole Sea Grant program (WHSG) recently provided $85,000 in COVID-19 related rapid response funds to aid the Massachusetts shellfish aquaculture industry. Growers in Barnstable are among those participating and feeding families in need. The effort to assist the $29.8 million statewide industry came as a result of the impacts the COVID-19 crisis had on the industry. About 69% of the growers (271 out of 395) are located in Barnstable County. ....