Virginia adds 8th oyster region: Tangier/Middle Bay

State officials announced in a news release Thursday that Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd Haymore and first lady Dorothy McAuliffe visited Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay to announce the addition of the Tangier/Middle Bay Region.

The region joins seven others to form the Virginia Oyster Trail, a public-private partnership working to brand the Virginia oyster travel experience.