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P.E.I. offers millions of dollars in funding to oyster farmers hard-hit by disease

P.E.I. offers funding to hard-hit oyster farmers

Dec 19, 2025
Dec 19, 2025 Updated 1 hr ago

P.E.I. offers millions of dollars in funding to oyster farmers hard-hit by disease — Shucked Malpeque oysters are seen on a serving board in Summerside, P.E.I., Sunday, Jul 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini
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Shucked Malpeque oysters are seen on a serving board in Summerside, P.E.I., Sunday, Jul 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini
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CHARLOTTETOWN - The P.E.I. government is offering a pair of new aid programs worth a combined $9.2 million to help harvesters hard-hit by oyster disease.

The programs will help fishers, growers and processors recover from a parasite known as MSX and from Dermo disease, both of which are harmless to humans but kill oysters at high rates.

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