…eat or sell the frozen raw half-shell oysters, individual quick-freezing oysters, and block-form oysters harvested by Dai One Food Co., Ltd., between Feb. 10 and Feb. 24, 2022, and between April 6 and April 21, 2022, as well as individual quick-freeze oysters harvested by Central Fisheries Co., Ltd. between April…
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Study Finds Heavy Metals in Oysters
Last of two parts. A site in Hewlett’s Creek where researchers from UNCW collected sediment and oysters to study the concentrations of heavy metals and organic contaminants. Photo: Ralph Mead, UNCW WILMINGTON — Arsenic levels in the oysters of Brunswick and New Hanover counties are among the highest in the…
Growing Oysters Virginia Style
…years ago. Last year, Styron sold 60,000 to 65,000 oysters, which he calls a “small amount,” growing them in cages that float above the bottom, ensuring the shellfish are cleaner than those grown on the sea floor. Most other lessees, he said, still grow oysters on the bottom. Ken Styron…
Oysters Are Good for Business
…the past century, the importance of oysters in providing for healthy coastal ecosystems, setting restoration goals for the next decade and key challenges and questions. Wednesday topics include: cultch planting and sanctuary goals and strategies for the next five years, watershed management and oyster mariculture goals, managing oysters on public…
Virtual Happy Hour to Celebrate Oysters
Oyster shell. Photo: NCDCR An online happy hour starring oysters and in support of University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences begins at 6 p.m. Friday. The virtual happy hour will feature chef Hallock Howard of Amos Mosquito’s who will demonstrate how to prepare oyster appetizers, Morehead Mignonette Oysters…
A Taste of the Hatteras Oyster Roast
…What’s a little more in an already decadent dish? Another oh-so-sinfully-rich recipe is this Southern Living scalloped oyster casserole. Scalloped Oysters This recipe is from Southern Living Magazine and “calls for minimal ingredients, effectively highlighting the fresh, briny flavor of the oysters.” Alternating layers of oysters and buttered saltines with…
Spat-On-Shell Project to Restore Wild Oysters
…Debbie Hamrick, director of specialty crops for the state Farm Bureau Federation and an advisory board member for Sea Grant, with helping to initiate the collaborative demonstration project. “Oysters are an important fishery for North Carolina’s working watermen. During winter months, wild-harvested oysters provide needed income to support coastal fishing…
Blueprint Employs Oysters’ Restorative Ability
…the 50 Million Oyster Initiative. Based on evidence that a million oysters are restored for every acre of oyster sanctuary created, the federation has been aiding DMF to restore at least 50 acres of oyster reefs coastwide by 2020. That number of oysters will filter an estimated 2.5 trillion gallons…
Farmed oysters surpass wild harvest for first time
Oysters fresh off the grill harvested that day by Carteret Community College Shellfish Farming Academy students. Photo: Jennifer Allen New research shows that wild harvests have declined and cultivated oysters now represent over half of the total economic impact of shellfish in the state. The shellfish industry provides more than…
‘Shellabrate’ Oyster Week in North Carolina
Oysters on the half shell at Blue Water Grill & Raw Bar in Manteo, which serves several varieties of N.C. oysters daily, and recycles oyster shells in partnership with the North Carolina Coastal Federation. Photo: Blue Water Grill & Raw Bar Learn how oysters, which are woven in the culture…
Partners: The Fisherman and the Scientists
…are the panels — large, rectangular mats of oysters. One set-up using rods looks like underwater hopscotch. As the tide drops lower, you can see more and more oysters growing in all shapes and sizes, on all kinds of surfaces. “A lot of people put out substrates with no oysters…
State Lawmakers Will Talk About Oysters
…faster growth and disease resistance observed in past studies aren’t worth the risks to native oysters, which appear to be developing improved resistance to dermo, a parasite that appeared here when non-native oysters were introduced in the 1990s. An Army Corps of Engineers study in 2009 and a University of…