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About Crop Insurance

Shellfish

Man with shellfish

The Shellfish crop insurance program provides a yield-based product for containerized oysters commercially produced for the half-shell market. The shellfish program provides coverage against four perils:

  • Named storms (hurricanes and nor’easters)
  • Excessive heat during a low tide event
  • Freeze during a low tide event
  • Low salinity caused by excessive rainfall

The program provides coverage for the expected production of oysters to be harvested in the current crop year. Coverage for immature oysters is not available at this time. Producers can elect to increase their insurable price above the published price election with verifiable sales records supporting a higher price election.

Pilot Area

StateCountyStateCountyStateCounty
AlabamaBaldwinLouisianaPlaquemines*New JerseyCape May*
AlabamaMobileLouisianaSt Bernard*New JerseyOcean*
CaliforniaHumboldtLouisianaSt Mary*New YorkNassau
CaliforniaMarinLouisianaTerrebonne*New YorkSuffolk
DelawareSussex*LouisianaVermilion*North CarolinaCarteret
FloridaDixie*MaineCumberlandNorth CarolinaDare
FloridaEscambia*MaineLincolnNorth CarolinaOnslow
FloridaFranklinMarylandCalvert*North CarolinaPamlico
FloridaGulf*MarylandDorchesterNorth CarolinaPender*
FloridaIndian* RiverMarylandSt Mary'sRhode IslandNewport
FloridaLevy*MarylandWicomico*Rhode IslandWashington
FloridaManatee*MarylandWorcester*South CarolinaBeaufort
FloridaSanta* RosaMassachusettsBarnstableSouth CarolinaCharleston
FloridaVolusia*MassachusettsPlymouthSouth CarolinaColleton
FloridaWakullaMississippiHarrisonVirginiaAccomack
LouisianaCameron*New HampshireRockingham*VirginiaGloucester
LouisianaIberia*New HampshireStrafford*VirginiaNorthumberland
LouisianaJefferson*New JerseyAtlantic*VirginiaWestmoreland
LouisianaLafourche*    

                                      ***The 27 new counties for the 2025 crop year are bolded.

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