2024 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Update
This report summarizes progress made in 2024 toward the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement’s "Ten Tributaries by 2025" Oyster Outcome.
Description
The 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, which guides the work of the Chesapeake Bay Program, calls for state and federal partners to “restore native oyster habitat and populations in 10 Bay tributaries by 2025, and ensure their protection." This report contains detailed summaries of the Bay-wide, Maryland-specific and Virginia-specific progress made toward this outcome through the end of calendar year 2024, including acres of reef constructed and number of spat-on-shell planted.
Category: Report