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Supports efforts to improve and increase the production of Pacific oysters at shellfish farms, which provide over 3,000 jobs in rural coastal communities. For the past three years, seawater quality has severely hurt hatchery production of the seed oysters upon which oyster farms depend, resulting in hatchery employee layoffs. Funds would meet current hatchery needs so that they can restore seed production and will also support breeding programs that improve yields and other desirable oyster qualities.
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