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Tirade by HntnFsh:
I think I know now why we shuck our 18 oysters on the beach and leave them at the same tide level.Its so we can leave enough behind so that somebody else can come in and cream huge amounts of them with hardly any effort.I say let them get oysters.But make them shuck them just like the rest of us do.
No. You shuck your 18 oysters on the beach so that you give the new oyster spawn someplace to attach to. You are renewing the resource that you just took.

Ever wonder what happens to all those oyster shells that are harvested? They are almost always either put back in the water to allow the oyster spawn to attach, or they are given to oyster growers, who manually transplant the spawn to the shells and re-seed them on the oyster beds.

Either way, the shells are not going to waste, and are being used to make new oysters.

This is no different from any other commercial oyster operation. The oysters are gathered up, schucked in a plant, and the old shells are seeded and put back on the beds.

Not too sure what your beef is here, other than Yet Another Native American Bashing Thread.
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