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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…
The 2014 Annual Maryland Economic Development Association (MEDA) Conference will be held at the Chesapeake Bay Hyatt Regency from April 27-30. The weekend long event will bring together Maryland’s economic development professionals to focus on this…
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…
Dorchester Leads State in Oyster Farming
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Growing Aquaculture Industry Set to Shatter Records by 2014 Ask the nation’s seafood lovers about where the best tasting oysters are found, and choices from Long Island, New England, Prince Edward Island, and the Pacific Northwest frequently com…