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A High Low Tide - The Revival of a Southern Oyster (Paperback)
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A High Low Tide - The Revival of a Southern Oyster (Paperback)
Series: Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction Series
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Discovery Miles 5 710
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Oysters are a narrative food: in each shuck and slurp, an eater
tastes the place where the animal was raised. But that's just the
beginning. Andre Joseph Gallant uses the bivalve as a jumping off
point to tell the story of a changing southeastern coast, the
bounty within its waters, and what the future may hold for the area
and its fishers. With A High Low Tide he places Georgia, as well as
the South, in the national conversation about aquaculture,
addressing its potential as well as its challenges. The Georgia
oyster industry dominated in the field of oysters for canning until
it was slowed by environmental and economic shifts. To build it
back and to make the Georgia oyster competitive on the national
stage, a bit of scientific cosmetic work must be done, performed
through aquaculture. The business of oyster farming combines
physical labor and science, creating an atmosphere where disparate
groups must work together to ensure its future. Employing months of
field research in coastal waters and countless hours interviewing
scholars and fishermen, Gallant documents both the hiccups and the
successes that occur when university researchers work alongside
blue-collar laborers on a shared obsession. The dawn of aquaculture
in Georgia promises a sea change in the livelihoods of wild-harvest
shellfishermen, should they choose to adapt to new methods. Gallant
documents how these traditional harvesters are affected by
innovation and uncertain tides and asks how threatened they really
are.
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