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Maryland’s oyster history: A tale of pirates, poachers (access required)

Posted: 6:17 pm Thu, September 22, 2011
By Ben Mook
Daily Record Business Writer

For a long period of Maryland’s history, the greatest threat to the survival of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay did not come from parasite-spread diseases dermo and MSX. It came, instead, from armed bands of oyster poachers and pirates looking to cash in on the booming industry. A victim of its own success, the Maryland oyster ...

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