Tourism Leah Green and Dubi Mejia at Arrowhead Point Oysters farm in Rehoboth Bay. Photo courtesy of Cape Water Tours & Taxi
Putting the “Tour” in Tourism Southern Delaware expands visitors’ horizons by offering new tours BY TINA COLEMAN
EVERY YEAR BRINGS lots of new restaurants, activities, and events to Southern Delaware. 2022 is no exception. Of all the fabulous new happenings this year, several exciting tours are real standouts. The growth of our inland bays’ aquaculture, for instance, is the catalyst behind tours offered by Delaware Cultured Seafood and Cape Water Tours & Taxi. Delaware Cultured Seafood is offering three tours. For landlubbers, the Cultured Pearl Tour starts and ends at the nursery where they raise oysters from the size of a grain of sand until they are ready for their journey to their oyster farm. Participants learn what’s involved in raising oysters, observe the grow out equipment and their process for creating a deep, cultured oyster. The Seed to Supper tour takes participants through the entire lifespan of an oyster raised at Delaware Cultured 26
Seafood, starting with a trip through the nursery, where they raise oysters from larvae to seed. Then climb aboard the boat where you’ll learn more about oysters as you ride out to their oyster farm where you can watch them bring up a couple of shuckers from below the boat. Group tours are also offered. Cape Water Tours & Taxi offers Inland Bays Oyster Experience tours, which feature a visit to one of the open-water shellfish lease areas. Participants will have a chance to learn about the process of growing these tasty bivalves from seed to market. A former Delaware Sea Grant aquaculture specialist will explain some of the ecological services provided by a robust aquaculture industry and share information about where the public can purchase local oysters for their own enjoyment. July / Aug us t 2 0 2 2
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