BLUFFTON, S.C. (WSAV) – On Saturday, Bluffton Rotary members, along with other volunteers, constructed wire reef oyster beds at the Waddell Mariculture Center, that will be placed along the ...

Soon, there were outbreaks of typhoid and other diseases, and many oyster beds had to be closed. Hard winters and new diseases killed off many of the remaining native oysters and gave the ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission met to discuss the reopening of Apalachicola Bay's oyster beds, which collapsed in 2013. Local seafood workers urged the commission to include them in the ...

Georgia’s oyster farmers would be allowed to harvest during the summer months under a proposed rule - but with caveats that are stricter than in neighboring South Carolina.

The fishery collapsed in 2013 and was closed in 2020 to allow the oyster beds to rebound. Local officials want a say in how the fishery is managed, citing generations of experience. Tradition and ...

Scores of Apalachicola Bay seafood workers filled a Tallahassee meeting room Wednesday to urge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission to include them in plans to open the bay’s oyster beds.