{"id":24635,"date":"2020-08-12T10:33:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T14:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=24635"},"modified":"2020-08-13T12:15:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:15:17","slug":"governor-hogan-issues-proclamation-for-buy-maryland-seafood-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2020\/08\/12\/governor-hogan-issues-proclamation-for-buy-maryland-seafood-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Hogan Issues Proclamation for \u2018Buy Maryland Seafood Days\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marylanders encouraged to buy local seafood on Saturdays throughout September<\/i><\/strong><\/h3>\n

ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/b>\u2013 Governor Larry Hogan has proclaimed Saturdays in the month of September as \u201cBuy Maryland Seafood Days<\/a>,\u201d encouraging all Marylanders to support the state\u2019s iconic seafood industry. Lieutenant Governor Boyd K. Rutherford presented the proclamation today to Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder and Natural Resources Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio during a virtual meeting of the Board of Public Works.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries provide some of the world\u2019s best and most bountiful seafood, including blue crabs, rockfish, oysters and blue catfish,\u201d said Governor Hogan. \u201cSupporting Maryland\u2019s sustainable seafood industry and related businesses by purchasing their products throughout the year is important to Maryland\u2019s economic recovery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Maryland watermen and seafood distributors, processors and suppliers are essential to the state\u2019s food supply chain, and have continued operating throughout the COVID-19 pandemic response. The state\u2019s seafood and aquaculture industry has an economic impact of $355 million and supports more than 3,000 jobs across the state according to a <\/span>2018 study<\/span><\/a> from the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSeafood is an important part of our state\u2019s culture and critical to our rural economies,\u201d said Agriculture Secretary Bartenfelder. \u201cNow more than ever, it is important that we continue to support these dedicated men and women who have worked hard throughout the state of emergency to continue providing the fresh, delicious seafood Maryland is known for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIconic seafood like crabs, oysters, and rockfish are associated with Maryland in local, national, and even international markets,\u201d said Natural Resources Secretary Haddaway-Riccio. \u201cWe are very proud of our work with the seafood industry and other stakeholders to sustainably manage these fisheries so populations remain healthy well into the future. We are also working hard to expand Maryland\u2019s menu of options and protect native species by encouraging consumption of invasive species.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As demand has shifted toward direct-sales during the state of emergency, Maryland\u2019s Best Seafood\u2014a marketing program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture\u2014has created an <\/span>interactive GIS map application<\/span><\/a> that helps consumers find local producers. In addition to \u201cBuy Maryland Seafood Days,\u201d the program will continue its advertising and outreach efforts aimed at promoting the seafood industry and connecting producers directly to consumers. In 2019, the program\u2019s advertising campaigns reached 14 million consumers and wholesale buyers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on Maryland seafood, including recipes to try at home, please visit <\/span>seafood.maryland.gov<\/span><\/a> and follow @MDsBestSeafood<\/a> on Twitter.\u00a0 Maryland\u2019s Office of Tourism also maintains a list of seafood restaurants on its <\/span>Seafood Trail<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter<\/span> @MdAgDept<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marylanders encouraged to buy local seafood on Saturdays throughout September ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 Governor Larry Hogan has proclaimed Saturdays in the month of September as \u201cBuy Maryland Seafood Days,\u201d encouraging all Marylanders to support the state\u2019s iconic seafood industry. Lieutenant Governor Boyd K. Rutherford presented the proclamation today to Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder and Natural  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24635"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24646,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24635\/revisions\/24646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}