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The economics of $1 oyster happy hours

Oct 4, 2019
These deals are ubiquitous — especially in coastal cities — but critics say they’ve lowered expectations of a good oyster experience.
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Oyster farms grow in Rhode Island. Are they a problem?

Dec 15, 2016
The oyster farms compete with boaters and other users of the coast's shallow salt ponds.
American oysters farmed in salt ponds.
Kristin Gourlay for Marketplace

Coming soon to your plate: Georgia oysters

Apr 27, 2016
Georgia's first oyster hatchery aims to put the state on the shellfish map.
Farmed oysters from a hatchery grow in bags on the left, just across from wild oysters, growing in clumps on the right.
Molly Samuel/WABE

Gulf oysters in short supply after Isaac

Aug 31, 2012
Sal Sunseri, the owner of P&J Oyster company in New Orleans, explains how the oyster business has been affected by hurricane Isaac.