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Recent News: #oyster reefs

  • December 02, 2021

    The world’s largest oyster restoration project is completed in Virginia

    Restored reefs bring both ecological and economic benefits

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  • January 28, 2021

    Hard-hit oyster growers see silver lining in restoration

    A program is buying unsold shellfish to bolster oyster reefs

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  • December 15, 2020

    Chesapeake Bay nonprofits lend a helping hand to oyster aquaculture industry

    Restaurant restrictions continue to plague a budding industry

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  • July 23, 2018

    Portrait of an Island Part III: What the water brings

    Changing times impact the traditional waterman community of Deal Island

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  • April 13, 2017

    Oyster restoration advances in six Chesapeake Bay tributaries

    Latest reports from Maryland, Virginia outline progress to restore oyster reefs

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  • April 12, 2017

    ‘Hand-crafting’ oysters in the Lynnhaven River

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

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  • August 02, 2016

    Oyster populations show improvement in Maryland sanctuaries, study finds

    Recent years show population growth inside sanctuaries, decline within harvested areas

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  • December 29, 2015

    By the Numbers: 589

    The area, in acres, of oyster reefs targeted for restoration in the Little Choptank and Tred Avon rivers

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  • October 07, 2015

    Construction complete at Harris Creek oyster reef

    Maryland sanctuary now home to more than two billion oysters

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  • July 14, 2014

    Artificial reefs slow erosion, build habitat on Chester River

    Scientists explain shoreline protection at the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge.

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