Tag: hoopers
22
July
Built on ingenuity and entrepreneurism, Hoopers Island Oyster Aquaculture Company was branded Chesapeake Gold Oysters in 2010. Co-owners Johnny Shockley and Ricky Fitzhugh pioneered the innovative aquaculture movement in Dorchester County using the l…
29
January
Water Moves Us to Transform Traditional Industries
Aquaculture, chesapeake, hoopers, johnny shockley, oyster, shockley,Generations of Eastern Shore residents earned their living plying the Chesapeake’s rivers and tributaries for the seafood synonymous with the Bay itself. As population growth and overfishing threatened the region’s once thriving industry, Dorches…
29
January
Dorchester Unveils 2014 Marketing Campaign
Aquaculture, arts, branding, campaign, chesapeake gold, GKD, haythe, hoopers, layton, marketing, reale, tnt, tubman, water moves us,On Tuesday, January 14, Dorchester County Economic Development Director Keasha Haythe unveiled the county’s 2014 business marketing campaign before the Economic Development Advisory Committee. The ad campaign is the latest installment of “water m…