During 2021 and 2022, over 2,000 people in South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina were engaged in two surveys to understand their seafood buying habits and motivations. Based on the survey results, this fact sheet helps oyster producers understand consumer...
During 2021 and 2022, over 2,000 people in South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina were engaged in two surveys to understand their seafood buying habits and motivations. Based on the survey results, this fact sheet helps clam producers understand consumer...
South Carolina is one of the few places in the world where oysters are in reasonable abundance and in good harvesting condition. Still, more can be done to restore their populations.
The single-oyster mariculture industry is taking off in South Carolina, as hatcheries and farms refine methods for growing single oysters preferred by high-end restaurants.
The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium provided expertise and guidance to help develop oyster hatcheries in the state after state officials banned the importation of seed oysters from outside the state in 2014 due to disease concerns.
