Agribusiness
The South Carolina Shellfish Industry Faces a Challenging Recovery After COVID-19
Publication Date
Summer 6-18-2020
Publication Number
LGP 1071
Summary
The South Carolina shellfish industry has suffered due to COVID-19 related restaurant closures and producers are wondering how long the restaurant recovery may take. While there is no exact timeline, the recovery will depend on a few factors: a reduction in the unemployment rate, a restoration of household income, and a recovery of household restaurant expenditures to pre COVID-19 levels.
There may be opportunities for shellfish producers to switch sales channels from restaurants to other sales avenues, but there are significant obstacles. Hopefully, the industry and its supporters (policymakers, advocates, and consumers) can work together to overcome these obstacles and speed the recovery of South Carolina’s shellfish industry.
Publication Type
Brief
Publisher
Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension
Publisher City
Clemson, SC
Target Audiences
Shellfish producers, restaurants, department of agriculture, seafood consumers, aquaculture producers
Recommended Citation
Richards S. The South Carolina Shellfish Industry Faces a Challenging Recovery After COVID-19. Clemson (SC): Clemson Cooperative Extension, Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension; 2020. LGP 1071. http://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/the-south-carolina-shellfish-industry-faces-a-challenging-recovery-after-covid-19/.
