Amid oyster bounty, Chesapeake Bay watermen suffer dismal harvest
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April 27, 2026
It’s the best of times in recent memory for Chesapeake Bay oysters, with diseases fading into the past and populations growing. It’s just the opposite, though, for the watermen who make a living harvesting them, with demand, prices and harvests plummeting.
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