New survey shows COVID-19's impacts on South Carolina oyster farmers and offers hope for recovery

New survey shows COVID-19's impacts on South Carolina oyster farmers and offers hope for recovery

Steven Richards, Marzieh Motallebi

First paragraph: This article is a summary of six months of research on how COVID-19 has affected South Carolina oyster aquaculture farms. This research has four goals: to better understand oyster consumption and purchases, to assess the impact of COVID-19 restaurant closures and reduced seating capacity on oyster consumption, to forecast oyster consumption trends, and to discover methods for marketing oysters for home consumption. . . .

2021

covid-19, Pandemic, seafood, South Carolina, oysters, shellfish

10.5304/jafscd.2021.102.016

Epidemiology and Health

Korean Society of Epidemiology

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