The coronavirus pandemic has made waves for the seafood industry in Maryland. Business owners say demand has dropped, particularly for raw oysters, in many restaurants. Industry stakeholders have gotten creative to keep business afloat. The raw bar at True Chesapeake Oyster Co. in Hampden, like much of the restaurant, sits empty these days. The pandemic has bit down hard on profits. It has been something that we ve just had to keep staying on our toes and rethinking everything, Executive Chef Zack Mills said.Mills has seen as much as a 75% drop in business and said there is no sense in staying open. Just business causing us to be slow enough that we need to kind of take the winter off. It has been a tough go, Mills said. But unlike the restaurant, the market is flooded with oysters. The demand from restaurants is falling off a cliff, said oyster farmer Patrick Hudson.Hudson explained it s basic supply and demand. He said as much as 90% of demand has dropped since the pande