Excursion: Growing Seafood in the Lowcountry

Departs hotel at 7:45 a.m., returns 4:15 p.m. Spend a day focused on learning about mariculture and estuaries of the lowcountry! Tour Lowcountry Oyster Co., the largest-scale oyster mariculture operation in South Carolina located in the ACE Basin. The tour will include stops at the land-based operation facility, the seed nursery, a boat ride to lease site, and a tour of the gear manufacturing site. The site also features a small working waterfront, and SC Department of Natural Resources has a research station nearby. Following the tour, the group will head to lunch on St. Helena Island, which will be catered by Gullah Grub (vegetarian options are limited). The last stop will be be at Gullahman Oyster LLC, on St. Helena Island, where the group will learn about a wild oyster harvester’s transition into oyster mariculture, and how the community is deeply connected to marine resources.

Wed 7:45 am - 4:45 pm