H2B visa workers and American workers clean up at Bevans Oyster Company after dozens of seasonal workers finished their early morning oyster shucking shift. (Credit: Pamela D’Angelo)
The Chesapeake Bay’s crab, oyster and bait industry has been losing its American workforce since the late 1980s, as the old hands retire and younger workers seek better paying jobs. Pamela D’Angelo reports.
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