Cultivating an underwater crop is done with a firm but careful hand. Mother Nature is feminine, ruling this roost, controlling the elements that ebb and flow in this aquatic ecosystem. It’s the nurturing part that draws women into oyster farming. Aquaculture is not just a man’s game anymore, at least not on the East End, where the seasoned veterans and new farmers have chosen to make growing oysters their career.

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