Published:
December 1, 1993
Originator:
Chesapeake Bay Program

In the summer of 1993 the State of Maryland convened the Oyster Roundtable to address major concerns about how to bring oyster stocks in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay back to economically and ecologically healthy levels. The Department of Natural Resources felt that it is time to bring all interested parties together because the oyster parasites MSX and Dermo, habitat losses, inadequate water quality, effects of harvesting and other factors have had significant impacts, for example approximately80% of the public oyster bars in Maryland waters are unharestable.

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