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[2] [11] [12] Outside of selling a variety of oysters, the company also sells two Menhaden bait varieties. The company is a current supplier to Ukrop's Food Group and restaurants across the United States. [13] [14] [15] The company's oyster farms are located in the Yeocomico River, Potomac River, James River, Rappahannock River, and York River.
This allowed the oyster dredges to remain on the beds, avoiding the need to return to port when full. Buy-boats typically gave a lower price than a dockside sale, but most oystermen considered this a fair trade for not losing time on a run back to the dock. She is considered one of the best-preserved examples of this type of vessel. [3]
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Molluscs are a large phylum of invertebrate animals, many of which have shells. Edible molluscs are harvested from saltwater, freshwater, and the land, and include numerous members of the classes Gastropoda (snails), Bivalvia (clams, scallops, oysters etc.), Cephalopoda (octopus and squid), and Polyplacophora (chitons).
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Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue, which is eaten. Oyster farming was practiced by the ancient Romans as early as the 1st century BC on the Italian peninsula [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and later in Britain for export to Rome.
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ORP plants the native oyster, Crassostrea virginica, back into the Chesapeake Bay. [12] [13] [14] In 2022, the organization helped to plant over 950,000,000 oysters. [15]The organization also works to provide educational opportunities to shellfish farmers on best practices for managing their oyster farms and leases.