As Bay Yield Falls, Oyster Farm Thrives

From: The Washington Post | Date: April 6, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The worst oyster season on record is drawing to a close, but on the north prong of St. Jerome Creek, the bivalve business has never been better.

There, on a bay inlet 70 miles southeast of Washington, Richard Pelz tends his floats, where oysters grow plump and disease-free near the water's surface.

Pelz, 53, is engaged in oyster aquaculture, a controversial method of growing oysters for the restaurants of the metropolitan area. He is practically the only one in the region doing so, in part because the permit process is so daunting.

To "farm" his 3.2 acres of creek surface, he had to obtain 28 ...

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