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Maryland's oyster harvest largest in 35 years
(The Center Square) – Maryland is seeing its largest oyster harvest in nearly 40 years, one industry expert said.
Bill Sieling, executive vice president of Chesapeake Bay Seafood Industries Association, attributes the excellent haul to both Mother Nature and the canniness of the Maryland oyster industry in putting available resources to their best use.
“The combination of having the good substrate there for the young oysters to set upon and then having the oysters available in the area to produce the spawn which is what produces the spat set and therefore had a place to set and grow – and it’s as simple as that,” he told The Center Square.
Surpassing recent years of growth, the state is basking in an estimated ingathering of 511,000
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