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SC Oysters & Oyster Roast Sponsors

• Charleston Shucker Company - 843-819-9070
  The Charleston Shucker is a staple for every oyster lover. Knives can be engraved with a Palmetto Tree and Moon, college logo, monogram, dates, yacht club burgees and company logos. Knives make great gifts for weddings, holidays, groomsmen gifts, and large company oyster roasts. Gift baskets are available. Orders can be placed online or by phone; we ship anywhere in the US.
  

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SC Oyster Festivals & Oyster Roasts

• Abbeville Oyster Roast and Low Country Boil - held each March - contact Abbeville Chamber of Commerce for info
• Lowcountry Oyster Festival - Boone Hall, Mount Pleasant
• South Carolina Oyster Festival - Columbia

SC Oyster Recipes

• Oyster recipes from around SC - Sandlapper Magazine presents recipes from local restaurants and cookbooks - requires Adobe Reader

SC Oyster Companies

• Bluffton Oyster Company - 63 Wharf Street - May River - 843-757-4010
  Shucking May River oysters continuously for nearly a century, the Bluffton Oyster Company now operates on land purchased by the Open Land Trust and the Beaufort and Bluffton governments for preservation - it is the last remaining oyster company on the SC coast
  
• Other seafood companies in SC

History of SC Oyster Industry

• The Life of an Oyster Company - article about the Bluffton Oyster Company speaks to both the pitfalls and rewards of running an oyster company - requires Adobe Reader
  
• The Salty Dogs: Would You Notice if South Carolina's Commercial Fisherman Disappeared? - requires Adobe Reader
  
• South Carolina Oyster Industry: A History - an excellent review of SC's once-great oyster industry written by Dr. Victor G. Burrell, Jr - 67 pages - to order, contact SC DNR, PO Box 12559, Charleston, SC 29412
  
• Can Daufuskie's "Oyster Homes" Be Saved? - article looks at how the homes of oyster pickers that used to live on the island could be used as affordable housing in Daufuskie's community preservation district
  

SC Oyster Recycling & Oyster Bed Restoration

• Oyster shell recycling locations
• South Carolina Oyster Restoration and Enhancement - SCORE - community volunteers work with scientists to restore and monitor oyster habitat along the SC coast
• Tossing those Oysters, Causing a Shortage of Shells - article on the importance of recycling oyster shells in SC
  

Photos of SC Oyster Beds and Oyster Roasts

• Bowen's Island Oyster Roast
• Creating New Oyster Reefs with Crab Pots
• DNR shows oyster cycle - planting shells, eating oysters, then recycling oyster shells
  

Related SC Oyster Resources

• Little known facts about oysters