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  • Ben Johnson of Johnson & Sons Seafood buying oysters for Kellum Seafood on the James River.
  • Oysters have come back strong in the Chesapeake Bay and local watermen are ​benefiting. Here the boats are tied up after a day of harvest.
  • Breaking out ...
  • Opening Day on the Chesapeake Bay can get crowded. The boats are working a small area because the other oyster bottom is put aside for a sustainable harvest.
  • The Rappahannock River Bridge, our lifeline.
  • The Capt. Ellery is one of five boats in the Kellum Fleet, used to supplement the catch from independent watermen. It is also used to transport and plant seed oysters and shell stock to continue our sustainable harvests.
  • Boats at buying station on Cockrell's Creek, Reedville, Virginia, one of the great places we buy oysters.
  • The Kellum Seafood Plant during the height of the season is a busy place.
  • Watermen work in all weather, snow included.
  • Chesapeake Bay watermen have a tradition of naming their boats for the women in their life.
  • And that's what it's all about, the oyster.
  • Kellum mostly buys from independent contractors, watermen, like Mr. Croxton
  • Enough said ...
  • Logan Kellum scrambles up the oyster shell pile one day after church... (what is it about boys in Sunday clothes that just attracts dirt?)
  • Mr. Allie Walton is checked by a Marine Officer to ensure he was following rules for sustainable harvests (everything was fine).  Mr. Walton is 81, fishes the waters most days and has sold oysters to three generations of Kellums.

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