CAMBRIDGE - All the way at the end of a narrow country road, past farms and stately old homes, sits the possible future of Maryland's flagging oyster industry.
Pamela Wood — The Capital
TOP: James “Bubba” Parker and Sarah Meekins sort and box oysters at the Choptank Oyster Co. near Cambridge. The company’s farm-raised oysters are called “Choptank Sweets” and are sold to restaurants and seafood wholesalers. BOTTOM: Eight million oysters float in mesh cages in the Choptank River near Cambridge at the Choptank Oyster Co.
Choptank Oyster Company near Cambridge produces farm-raised oysters. State officials are pushing to modernize laws that govern aquaculture and encourage more aquaculture businesses to start up.
There, 8 million oysters are suspended in sturdy mesh bags floating on the surface of the Choptank River. Workers regularly attend to the oysters, flipping over the mesh bags, tumbling the oysters in a bath to remove grit and sediment.
When orders come in from restaurants or seafood wholesalers, the oysters are plucked from the water, sorted and packed in boxes.
This oyster farm - the Choptank Oyster Co. - is believed to be the only full-service oyster farm in...
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