Ken Cuccinelli’s post-politics endeavor: oyster farming

Virginia's former attorney genera,l Ken Cuccinelli, second from left, watches as Tracy Moore, Dan Dise and Allen Parks pull oysters out of a bin as part of the oyster farm he co-founded on Tangier Island. Jay Westcott for The Washington Post

TANGIER ISLAND, Va. — Ken Cuccinelli is holding a raw oyster. It is a small, round oyster with an unusually smooth shell and a distinctive black stripe. He stands on the deck of a crabbing boat that rocks gently on the Chesapeake Bay. The former Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee tilts his head back and eats his first sample from the oyster farm that he co-founded with a small group of friends.
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New Venture Aims to Boost Virginia's Oyster Supply

Fourteen miles off Virginia’s Eastern Shore on the Chesapeake Bay, Tangier Island comprises 1.2 square, dry miles (literally and figuratively — there is no alcohol on the island) surrounded by duck-filled marshes, rustic shoreline and a wild beach. Crabbing has been the primary occupation for generations. But that way of life is dying. Enter the oyster, with seeds planted by former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and the Tangier Island Oyster Co.

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