Eastern Oyster

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Because they tolerate only low-salinity water, Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) are found in sounds, estuaries, salt marshes, and tidal creeks. In the early 1900s Georgia produced more oysters commercially than any other state. Today, Georgia's oyster industry is only worth about $100,000.

Courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Estuarine Research Reserve Collection.

Eastern Oyster

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