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Shellfish

What Is This

The Shellfish crop insurance program provides a yield-based product for containerized oysters commercially produced for the half-shell market. The shellfish program provides coverage against four perils:

  • Named storms (hurricanes and nor’easters)
  • Excessive heat during a low tide event
  • Freeze during a low tide event
  • Low salinity caused by excessive rainfall

The program provides coverage for the expected production of oysters to be harvested in the current crop year. Coverage for immature oysters is not available at this time. Producers can elect to increase their insurable price above the published price election with verifiable sales records supporting a higher price election.

Pilot Area

StateCountyStateCountyStateCounty
Alabama
 
BaldwinMassachusetts
 
BarnstableRhode Island
 
Newport
Alabama
 
MobileMassachusetts
 
PlymouthRhode Island
 
Washington
California
 
HumboldtMississippi
 
HarrisonSouth CarolinaBeaufort
California
 
MarinNew York
 
NassauSouth CarolinaCharleston
Florida
 
FranklinNew York
 
SuffolkSouth CarolinaColleton
Florida
 
WakullaNorth CarolinaCarteretVirginiaAccomack
Maine
 
CumberlandNorth CarolinaDareVirginiaGloucester
Maine 
 
LincolnNorth CarolinaOnslowVirginiaNorthumberland
Maryland
 
DorchesterNorth CarolinaPamlicoVirginiaWestmoreland
Maryland
 
St Mary's
 
    

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