Georgia’s oyster farmers would be allowed to harvest during the summer months under a proposed rule - but with caveats that are stricter than in neighboring South Carolina.

"They get the first taste of the cold Atlantic water as it rushes on the tide cycle," May said. "They're a little brinier, little sweeter." The oyster-growing process begins in the hatchery.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Maryland’s Best program, partnering with the Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP), has ...