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SC Oyster Festivals & Oyster Roasts

• Abbeville Oyster Roast and Low Country Boil - March - contact Abbeville Chamber of Commerce for info
• Beaufort Twilight Run & Oyster Roast - March
• Charleston Museum Oyster Roast - January
• Drayton Hall Oyster Roast & Picnic - Charleston - April
• Lowcountry Oyster Festival - Boone Hall, Mount Pleasant - January
• Music & Oysters For Wildlife - Awendaw, Charleston County - January
• Roast & Toast to Camp Hope - Columbia - December

SC Oyster Recipes

• Oyster recipes from around SC - PDF - Sandlapper Magazine presents recipes from local restaurants and cookbooks
  

SC Oyster Companies

• Bluffton Oyster Company - 63 Wharf Street - May River - 843-757-4010
  Shucking May River oysters continuously for nearly a century, the Bluffton Oyster Company now operates on land purchased by the Open Land Trust and the Beaufort and Bluffton governments for preservation - it is the last remaining oyster company on the SC coast
  
  

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• Other seafood companies in SC

History of SC Oyster Industry

• The Life of an Oyster Company - PDF - article about the Bluffton Oyster Company speaks to both the pitfalls and rewards of running an oyster company
  
• The Salty Dogs: Would You Notice if South Carolina's Commercial Fisherman Disappeared? - PDF
• Sea Science: Oysters and Clams - SC DNR explains oyster fishery
  
• South Carolina Oyster Industry: A History - an excellent review of SC's once-great oyster industry written by Dr. Victor G. Burrell, Jr - 67 pages - to order, contact SC DNR, PO Box 12559, Charleston, SC 29412
  
• Can Daufuskie's "Oyster Homes" Be Saved? - article looks at how the homes of oyster pickers that used to live on the island could be used as affordable housing in Daufuskie's community preservation district
  
• The Life of an Oyster Company - PDF - an article discussing oystering in Bluffton and the history of the Bluffton Oyster Company
  
• South Carolina Oyster Industry: A History by Victor G. Burrell, Jr - A wonderful book about the history of South Carolina's oyster industry. It can be read online thanks to the University of South Carolina.
  

SC Oyster Recycling & Oyster Bed Restoration

• Oyster shell recycling locations - plus program details, scroll down for drop-off locations
  
• Harvesting Leads to Dwindling SC Oyster Beds - gradual decline of SC oyster habitat and what is being done
  
• Rebuilding of Oyster Beds Under Way - article about the effort at Murrells Inlet
  
• South Carolina Oyster Restoration and Enhancement - SCORE - community volunteers work with scientists to restore and monitor oyster habitat along the SC coast
• Tossing those Oysters, Causing a Shortage of Shells - article on the importance of recycling oyster shells in SC
  

Photos, Video of SC Oysters, Oyster Beds and Oyster Roasts

	CREEK OYSTERS		INDIAN SHELL RING		OYSTERS ON THE SHORE

	NEW OYSTER REEF		OYSTER RESTORATION		BOWENS ISLAND OYSTER ROAST

	OYSTER FACTORY		SHUCKING OYSTERS		BLUFFTON OYSTER COMPANY

• DNR shows oyster cycle - planting shells, eating oysters, then recycling oyster shells
  
• Oyster Man Mike - seven minute video follows a day in the life Johns Island oyster harvester - make sure to watch all the way to the end for great lesson on the anatomy of an oyster
  

Related SC Oyster Resources

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