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News Articles: Oysters

Oyster harvester Johny Jurisich empties a dredge filled with oysters onto his boat near Texas City, Texas.

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  • National

Oyster reefs in Texas are disappearing. Fishermen there fear their jobs will too

Texas closed most public oyster reefs for harvesting, dealing a blow to the fishing industry. "It's taken a big toll on me," says Johny Jurisich, whose family has worked in the business for decades.

April 29, 2022
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By:
  • Katie Watkins
Shucking oysters

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  • Economy

Georgia's fledgling oyster industry struggles to meet demand

Three years after legalizing commercial oyster farming, Georgia’s oyster industry is hampered by a lack of commercial oyster hatcheries and a limited growing season. 

February 17, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah Swetlik
Dayton Hall, left, and Jackson Mountjoy use calipers to measure a baby oyster at the school's oyster garden in Bay St. Louis, Miss. The school is among more than 50 locations in Mississippi and more than 1,000 nationwide where people raise oysters to help build reefs off their states' coasts.

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  • Environment

Volunteers are growing oyster gardens to help restore reefs

There are more than 1,000 oyster gardens in the coastal waters of Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi and Alabama as volunteers try to restore a keystone of coastal ecosystems.

December 15, 2021
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Oyster fisherman in Coastal Georgia

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  • Environment

Will Georgia's Fledgling Oyster Industry Sink Before It Swims?

The man who wants to put more oysters on restaurant platters says Georgia lawmakers may be trying to put a lid on his business.

When Bob Rheault, executive director of the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association, saw legislation written to legalize oyster farming in Georgia, he said his first thought was: “They don’t really want an industry, do they?”

November 09, 2020
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By:
  • Nancy Badertscher
Earnest McIntosh, Sr. cleans a rack of tiny oysters in cages he and his son Earnest, Jr. tend near Harris Neck, Ga.

On The Water: Farming Oysters On The Georgia Coast

There's no future in crabbing. That's the conclusion Earnest McIntosh, Sr. came to when his son, Ernest McIntosh, Jr. said he wanted to work with his...

June 16, 2019
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship and
  • Cindy Hill

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  • Economy

Aquafarm To Table: Georgia Grown Oysters Land On Kimball House Menu

Georgia was once a leader in the oyster canning business, but the last cannery closed in the 1960s. In decades since, the local bivalves had a...

May 22, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
On Second Thought with Viginia Prescott, May 22, 2019

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On Second Thought For Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Georgia was once a leader in the oyster canning business, but the last cannery closed in the 1960s. In the past few years, however, a group of people...

May 22, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Leighton Rowell ,
  • and 3 more
In "A High Low Tide: The Revival of a Southern Oyster," author André Gallant explores the past, present and future of Georgia oysters.

Farming Georgia Oysters Could Revive Coastal Economies

Georgia was once a leader in the oyster canning business, but the last cannery closed in the 1960s. In decades since, the local bivalves had a...

May 21, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Thursday, October 18, 2018

We spoke with trailblazing artists and explored Georgia's revitalized oyster market on today's show. Richard Hunt 's public art can be seen in places...

May 21, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Elena Rivera ,
  • and 3 more

On Second Thought For Tuesday, June 7, 2016

In the summer of 1989, construction workers in Augusta made a frightening discovery. They uncovered close to ten thousand bones buried in the dirt...

June 07, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee
The Raw Bar at The Ordinary restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina.

Oyster Renaissance In the South

You can serve them fried, steamed, or raw on the half shell. But oysters probably don't immediately come to mind as a food product of Georgia. Now there...

June 07, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Linda Chen
Oysters at Kimball House in Decatur

Atlanta's Most Unusual Breakfast

As business manager and shellfish director of Kimball House, Bryan Rackley's mornings often begin with him opening multiple boxes of oysters. Some come...

March 25, 2016
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By:
  • Jenny Ament and
  • Ezra Morris

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