This year's oyster harvest is almost nonexistent after weeks of heavy rains sent fresh water flooding into Galveston Bay. Local businesses are struggling to salvage what they can.
"My mother and father started [Prestige Oysters]," said Raz Halili, of Prestige Oysters in San Leon, Galveston County. "They started out as deck hands on a boat, worked their way up from the bottom. The American dream."
It's been a Galveston County institution for decades.
Now one of the largest oyster companies in the country, Prestige Oysters is dealing with an economic and environmental disaster.
"Last year we lost half our crop," Halili said. "But this year, it was relentless."
