| 2020 Shell Planting |

This is the time of year when shells should be planted for future strike. Typically oysters spawn mid-June. The shells are necessary so that the strike has a place to attach to. This is where new oysters form. The average growth time for an oyster is roughly three years.

We used a conveyer to get the shells onto the barge.

Two of the supervisors at work.

Lining the barge up for proper shell placement. 

This was roughly 200 bushels of shells.

Then we use a high pressure water pump to blow the shells off the barge once we are over our leased oyster shore. 

It takes a team!