Effects of Hurricane Ike on the Oyster Industry
Photograph by Robyn Lee
Galveston Bay won't be harvesting oysters for a while, according to Misho Ivic, the owner of Misho’s Oyster Company in San Leon in Galveston County. Most boat docks, refrigerated storage facilities, and shucking plants are "in shambles," reports Robb Walsh for the Houston Press.
But, luckily oysters are pretty resilient to hurricane weather. They are so adaptable, in fact, they'll change their sex from male to female or vice versa to keep population numbers up. Lance Robinson, a Texas Parks and Wildlife oyster specialist, thinks we should be okay overall:
Short term, Hurricane Ike will have a detrimental effect on the Galveston Bay oyster industry. Long term, it will probably be positive.
Of course Walsh would be on top of this issue. His book Sex, Death and Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover's World Tour will come out in January of 2009.
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Reminds me of the shrimp industry destruction in Forrest Gump.
LunaPierCook at 6:34PM on 09/23/08
Who knew they could change their sex? That's a pretty good piece of trivia. We're having an oyster contest and awarding the person who best answers "What would you do with 4 dozen free oysters" with 4 dozen fresh Puget Sound oysters. Check out the contest at http://marxfoods.com
fiddleheadfern at 1:26PM on 10/03/08