oysters

Norm Bloom enjoys watching his 5-year-old grandson, Jack, out on one of their oyster boats dressed in his little waders, helping the crew as they pull in dredge cages full of the shellfish from the bottom of Norwalk Harbor. “He’d be out there on deck all day every day if he could,” Bloom said, during a recent harvesting trip...

Shells discarded by diners are being collected, cleaned and dumped into waterways around the country and the world, where they form the basis of new oyster colonies

The oyster and clam industry typically generates $30 million a year but with many restaurants closed, there is little demand

The Connecticut shellfish industry, which typically generates over $30 million in sales annually, is struggling to stay above water.