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Article: Harvest of smiles on the river: A promising oyster-growing experiment will be repeated next year in the York River.
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- Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
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- December 22, 2006
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Byline: Patrick Lynch
Dec. 22--KINSALE -- Dropping 12-foot tongs into the shallow water of the Yeocomico River one morning this week, Gloucester waterman Jimmy Brown pulled up a load of oysters that would catch the eye of any Virginia oysterman who hopes to see his ailing industry survive. The oysters had grown to maturity after 14 months in the river on the Northern Neck and were not eaten by predatory cow-nosed rays. Placed in the Yeocomico when they were the size of a pinky nail, the hatchery-raised shellfish could offer one of the brighter hopes for the Chesapeake Bay oyster, still struggling mightily to regain a hold in its native waters. "Most ...
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