Chefs, seafood wholesalers and culinary educators recently traveled across the Chesapeake Bay to see oyster beds and crabmeat being picked.
The trip on a chartered fishing boat from Solomons Island to Hooper's Island wasn't a sightseeing expedition. The state-sponsored voyage was designed to show the bounties that reside in the bay and emphasize the value of locally harvested seafood.
Getting stakeholders onto the water allowed state natural resources officials to demonstrate the vested interest members of the culinary community have in ensuring the state seafood industry flourishes.
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