Long Island oyster farmers are reporting big losses due to a decrease in demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The waters off Greenport are one of the many places where you find oysters, and at Noah's Restaurant, thousands are served a week.

While restaurants were closed in the spring, and now at 50% capacity, the demand to buy local oysters is down - along with other shellfish and locally grown produce.

Meg Dowe, who started Yennicott Oysters four years ago with her husband, says they lost 100% of their business. She says the company made its last delivery on March 6.

Noah Schwartz, of Noah's Restaurant, says that they ended up having too much inventory when the economy shut down back in March. He says that with restaurant owners not buying local shellfish and produce, fishermen and farmers were left with few places to sell their products.

The East End chapter of Slow Food, an international movement, raised more than $10,000 to help local farmers and fishermen get through the pandemic.

A recent law allows oysters to be sold at farm stands.