Hollywood Oyster Company
Market size oysters rise on a conveyor to be sorted and counted after a high-pressure rinse.
If you’ve eaten an oyster here in Maryland, you’ve probably supported a local oyster farm without even knowing it. There are around 400 oyster farms in the Chesapeake Bay split between Maryland and Virginia. These farms provide fresh oysters year-round and help filter excess nutrients from the water. Saint Mary’s County, Maryland is home to a number of well known oyster farms including Hollywood Oyster Company.
Nursery Manager Julie rinses tiny oyster on the dock.
Hollywood Oyster Company receives 2mm oyster seed and grows them on the dock until they are around 1/4 inch and large enough to go into cages.
The watermen (and women) of Hollywood Oyster Company sort through cages daily to find oysters large enough to go to market.
Hollywood Oyster Company is located on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Saint Mary’s County, Maryland. It operates on 300 acres of farmland situated on the Patuxent River and Hog Neck Creek. The company operates thousands of grow cages and grows millions of oysters that are shipped to distributors all across the nation.
Robbie broke the fourth wall to smolder at the camera while unloading oyster cages.
Chad and a deckhand hoist market sized oysters to the dock to be sent to the packing house.
MJ guides a batch of oysters into a bag in the packing house. These oysters were headed to a distributer in Jessep, MD.