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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.
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The Bevans family established the company in October 1966, and it has remained a family business since its founding. [6] [7] [8] The founder, Ronald "Ronnie" Bevans has been described as the "Chesapeake's Oyster King." [9] [10] Bevans Oyster Company sells fresh-shucked Chesapeake oysters, half-shell oysters, canned oysters, and jarred oysters.
[1] [2] Established in 1986, the company sells 4 million oysters and tens of millions of larvae each year. [1] [3] The company's oyster nursery is located near the Ware River and its aquaculture oyster farm is located in Mobjack Bay. [4] [5] [6] The company is also involved with oyster restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay. [7]
Adams Oyster Company was an oyster farm and seafood cannery business headquartered in Suffolk, Virginia, and by the 1950s was one of the largest oyster farm businesses in Virginia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company held over 300 acres of oyster farms in the Nansemond River , Battens Bay, Bleakhorn Creek, Chuckatuck Creek , Cooper Creek, and the James River .
The 13,000 pounds of snakehead harvested from the Conowingo were sent to J.J. McDonnell and Co. Inc., a seafood wholesaler south of Baltimore in Elkridge, Maryland, for processing.
The Nellie Crockett was built specifically to operate as a buy-boat, making the rounds of the Chesapeake Bay oyster beds to buy oysters directly from the harvesters, typically sail-powered skipjacks or oyster tongers. This allowed the oyster dredges to remain on the beds, avoiding the need to return to port when full.
Another ancient shark tooth has been found along Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, only this time it’s even bigger. The 5.5-inch megalodon tooth came out of the bay Feb. 10 hidden in a load of ...