Abstract

This article is a summary of six months of research on how COVID-19 has affected South Carolina oyster aquaculture farms. This research has four goals: to better understand oyster consumption and purchases, to assess the impact of COVID-19 restaurant closures and reduced seating capacity on oyster consumption, to forecast oyster consumption trends, and to discover methods for marketing oysters for home consumption. . . .

Highlights

  • This article is a summary of six months of research on how COVID-19 has affected South Carolina oyster aquaculture farms

  • Survey Results: Consumer Demographics, Oyster Consumption, and COVID-19 We found that survey results were somewhat consistent with national surveys with respect to education and household income

  • South Carolina oyster consumers tended to be under 45 years of age (Table 1)

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Marzieh Motallebi b Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science

Citation: Richards, S., & Motallebi, M. (2021). New survey shows COVID-19’s impacts on South Carolina oyster farmers and offers hope for recovery. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 10(2), 309–312. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2021.102.016

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