The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting us all, but especially Maryland’s seafood industry. We’re proud of the fact that half of our board – eight members – are watermen, retailers, aquaculture leaseholders, and restaurateurs. That means the same people who make ORP’s strategic decisions about oyster restoration, the public fishery, and the aquaculture industry are the same people with the most at stake during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s how the pandemic is affecting several of our board members who, as watermen, make their living harvesting seafood from the Chesapeake Bay…