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Virginia’s oyster harvest hit 406,000 bushels for the 2012-2013 season – biggest in 26 years

Virginia’s oyster harvest hit 406,000 bushels for the 2012-2013 season, outpacing the previous year by nearly 60 percent and marking the largest harvest since 1987, officials say. The previous year’s oyster harvest in Virginia was 257,000 bushels — 124,000 bushels from public oyster grounds and 133,000 bushels from aquaculture operations. [email protected] 21:25