…oysters are flavorless and mushy, triploid oysters remain firm, full and sweet. Photo: Pat Garber “We wanted people to have access to fresh local seafood,” Heather explained. “The wild oysters don’t seem to be doing so well, and there aren’t enough out there. The oysters we are raising tend to…
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An Optimistic Outlook for Oyster Season
…unlawful to possess commercial and recreational limits of oysters aboard the same vessel, and it’s unlawful to sell oysters taken on Saturday and Sunday from public bottom. Commercial oyster harvest will be allowed Monday through Friday of each week. Recreational fishermen can take oysters for personal consumption only and are…
Oyster harvest by hand from public bottom to begin Friday
…waterperson who harvests the oysters to the restaurant that sells local seafood. Important to note is that after harvest, the oysters needs to be properly stored and chilled to ensure a healthy eating experience. The state Division of Marine Fisheries provided the following safety tips regarding oysters: Only purchase oysters…
Morehead City Festival to Celebrate Oysters
…St., Morehead City, in addition to local oysters and live music, there will be vendors on hand and beverages for sale. All proceeds go to the North Carolina Shellfish Growers Association to establish grants for the support of farm raised oysters. The association was established in 1995 to represent the…
Pelican Award Winner: The Royal Order of Oysters
…help researchers monitor baby oysters were among the 16 individuals, groups and agencies that received a 2012 N.C. Coastal Federation Pelican Award. Members of the St. James Citizen Volunteers work with UNCW researchers to monitor baby oysters. Photo courtesy of J. Taylor Ryan “These awards are our way of recognizing…
Our Coast’s Food: Oyster Stew
…little flour, then your oysters, maybe some water, then season it with salt and pepper.” The recipe Walker related for Edgerton’s book Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History (Alfred A. Knopf, 1987) doesn’t sound exactly like the buttery, milky, loaded-with-oysters soup most often presented as oyster stew…
It’s Oyster Time and a Good Time Is Expected
…oysters. This year’s crop of oysters may also have benefitted from an early closure of mechanical harvesting is some areas. Using dredges and other types mechanical gear is much more efficient than hand harvesting, but the division shuts the effort down when fishermen start taking too many oysters below the…
Bill would fund efforts to support growing shellfish industry
…Peterson launched Locals Seafood out of the back of a truck in Raleigh in 2010, specializing in North Carolina seafood. They told the House committee that back then, the product was all wild oysters. Now, Speckman said, they’re probably the largest distributor of different varieties of North Carolina farmed oysters….
Oyster Farms Offer Hope for Future
…off the wild stock of oysters, which some scientists say have declined over 90 percent since the 1900s. Another advantage is consistency of size. Daniels oysters will be sold to the half-shell market, which is primarily restaurants. Farmed oysters can be separated and easily harvested by uniformed sizes, which appeals…
Oyster Farming Offers Hope to Some
…of oysters and nearly 18 months to bring the first harvest to market. Growing a sizable, profitable oyster farm takes upfront capital, commitment and work. On a cracker, raw in the shell or battered and fried, oysters hold a special allure in coastal culture. Photo: Baxter Miller The shellfish mariculture…
Session Ahead: Oysters, Storm Damage, PFAS
RALEIGH – The legislative session cranks up in earnest at the end of the month, but members putting together bills and budgets on environmental and mariculture initiatives are getting an early start. Ami Wilbur, right, with technician Amy Finelli, directs the UNC Wilmington Shellfish Research Hatchery, studying oysters and other…
Students Get Dirty for Oysters, Clean Water
…Ted Wilgis, one of the federation’s coastal educators who is overseeing the project for the non-profit conservation group. “Baby oysters, called spat, like to settle on oyster shells,” he said. “So this new sill will encourage new populations of oysters. As it matures, the reef will become important habitat to…