Oyster prices plummet as diners stay home amid pandemic
Financial aid, new hatchery offer hope for watermen, growers
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By Jeremy Cox & Timothy B. Wheeler, Bay Journal News Service Bill Huber and Jason Robbins hoist a bushel of oysters into the back of a pickup truck on Hooper s Island, MD, in December 2020. Bay watermen are having little trouble reaching their state-imposed bivalve quotas each day but are fetching lower prices than last year. (Bay Journal photo by Jeremy Cox)
With several hours of daylight to spare, Ronnie Robbins and his son, Jason, had already docked their 36-foot deadrise workboat on Hooper s Island and started unloading their briny cargo.