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  "path": "/2026/04/27/amid-oyster-bounty-chesapeake-bay-watermen-suffer-dismal-harvest/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-27T10:26:31.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Environment",
    "Work & the Economy"
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  "textContent": "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.",
  "title": "Amid oyster bounty, Chesapeake Bay watermen suffer dismal harvest"
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