South Carolina Company Aims To Make Local Oysters Available All Year

GREEN POND, S.C. (WCIV) — With oyster season on the horizon and the demand for oysters on the half shell so high, a local company is trying to get the local industry to evolve.

During the warmer months, local wild oysters are busy spawning so their size is small and the look of the meat is not that appealing, which is one of the reasons locals don't eat Lowcountry oysters in the months that don't end with an "R."

But St. Jude Farms is busy trying to prove that with the addition of oyster farms, people could change the time frame in which local oysters are ready to be consumed.

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