Virginia's Oyster Harvest Continues To Grow
November 12, 2015 | 1 min to read
Virginia’s oyster harvest grew 24 percent last year to the highest level in almost three decades, Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office announced Tuesday.
Over the past 11 years, the oyster harvest in Virginia has increased from 24,000 bushels in 2003 to an estimated 659,000 bushels last year, according to preliminary harvest reports from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC).
Last year’s oyster harvest is the highest level seen since 1986 and is 24 percent more than the 533,000 bushels harvested in 2013.
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