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  1. Recent Stories

Tagged Stories: "aquaculture"

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Chesapeake Stewardship Partnership News Restoration Spotlight Travel, Recreation and Culture Watershed Science Wildlife

From cannons to conservation, marine police have a long history of protecting Bay resources

June 9, 2021

Climate change brings new challenges in enforcing marine law.

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The highs and lows of Maryland’s oyster aquaculture industry

December 8, 2020

Maryland’s budding aquaculture industry faces barriers to expansion and implications from COVID-19

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‘Hand-crafting’ oysters in the Lynnhaven River

April 12, 2017

Pleasure House Oysters benefit from small-scale, local approach to oyster farming

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Five industries that benefit from a healthy Bay

April 10, 2017

From aquaculture to water utilities, a clean Chesapeake Bay is good business

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Bay Program partners approve oyster aquaculture as best management practice

February 27, 2017

Experts examine crediting pollution reductions of private oyster aquaculture

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Not your grandfather’s oyster company

June 16, 2016

A new generation looks to aquaculture to harvest this iconic food

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Oyster aquaculture could combat Potomac River pollution

April 17, 2014

Shellfish raised on the river bottom would remove excess nutrients from the water.

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