Past Publications
Maryland and Virginia Oyster Restoration Interagency Teams
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2021 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Update
This document includes details on large-scale oyster restoration, including acres of reef constructed and number of spat-on-shell planted, in Maryland and Virginia tributaries for calendar year 2021.
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October 21, 2021
2020 Maryland Oyster Monitoring Report
This report describes the results of monitoring done from October 2020 through January 2021 on three- and six-year-old restored oyster reefs in Harris Creek, the Little Choptank River, and the Tred Avon River.
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2020 Maryland Oyster Restoration Update
Restoration partners constructed 12 acres of oyster reef and planted more than 160 million spat-on-shell in Maryland in 2020. This document includes details on large-scale oyster restoration in Maryland tributaries.
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2020 Virginia Oyster Restoration Update
Restoration partners constructed 74 acres of oyster reefs in Virginia in 2020, including completing a bonus 11th tributary. This document includes details on large-scale oyster restoration in Virginia tributaries.
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Great Wicomico (Virginia) Oyster Restoration Tributary Plan
This document details plans for oyster reef restoration--including spatial analysis, map, discussion of substrate/seed needs, and plans for monitoring progress--in Virginia's Great Wicomico River.
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2019 Maryland Oyster Monitoring Report
This report describes the results of monitoring done in 2019 and early 2020 on oyster reefs that were restored in 2013 and 2016. Reefs discussed in this report are located in Harris Creek, the Little Choptank River, and the Tred Avon...
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Appendix A: Table of Summary Data for each Reef
Summary data accompanying the 2019 Oyster Monitoring Report.
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A Shell Budget for the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Resource
Final report for a GIT-funded study examining the shell budget for oyster restoration in Chesapeake Bay.
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Evaluating Hydraulic Patent Tong Efficiency to Estimate Oyster Density on Restored Oyster Reefs
Final report for a GIT-funded study evaluating hydraulic patent tong efficiency to estimate oyster density on restored oyster reefs conducted by the Oyster Recovery Partnership and the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.
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2019 Maryland Oyster Restoration Update
Restoration partners constructed 11 acres of oyster reefs in Maryland in 2019. This document includes details on large-scale oyster restoration in five Maryland tributaries.
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2019 Virginia Oyster Restoration Update
Restoration partners constructed 94 acres of oyster reefs in Virginia in 2019. This document includes details on large-scale oyster restoration in five Virginia tributaries.
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Harris Creek (Maryland) Oyster Restoration Tributary Plan
This document details plans for oyster reef restoration--including spatial analysis, map, discussion of substrate/seed needs, and plans for monitoring progress--in Maryland's Harris Creek.
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Little Choptank (Maryland) Oyster Restoration Tributary Plan
This document details plans for oyster reef restoration--including spatial analysis, map, discussion of substrate/seed needs, and plans for monitoring progress--in Maryland's Little Choptank River.
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Tred Avon River (Maryland) Oyster Restoration Tributary Plan
This document details plans for oyster reef restoration--including spatial analysis, map, discussion of substrate/seed needs, and plans for monitoring progress--in Maryland's Tred Avon River.
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Manokin (Maryland) Oyster Restoration Tributary Plan
This document details plans for oyster reef restoration--including spatial analysis, map, discussion of substrate/seed needs, and plans for monitoring progress--in Maryland's Manokin River.
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St. Marys (Maryland) Oyster Restoration Tributary Plan
This document details plans for oyster reef restoration--including spatial analysis, map, discussion of substrate/seed needs, and plans for monitoring progress--in Maryland's St. Marys River.
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Lafayette River (Virginia) Oyster Restoration Tributary Plan
This document details plans for oyster reef restoration--including spatial analysis, map, discussion of substrate/seed needs, and plans for monitoring progress--in Virginia's Lafayette River.
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Lynnhaven River (Virginia) Oyster Restoration Tributary Plan
This document details plans for oyster reef restoration--including spatial analysis, map, discussion of substrate/seed needs, and plans for monitoring progress--in Virginia's Lynnhaven River.
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Piankatank River (Virginia) Oyster Restoration Tributary Plan
This document details plans for oyster reef restoration--including spatial analysis, map, discussion of substrate/seed needs, and plans for monitoring progress--in Virginia's Piankatank River.
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Lower York River (Virginia) Oyster Restoration Tributary Plan
This document details plans for oyster reef restoration--including spatial analysis, map, discussion of substrate/seed needs, and plans for monitoring progress--in Virginia's lower York River.
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2018 Oyster Reef Monitoring Report (text/discussion and Appendices A - B)
This report describes results of monitoring done in 2018 on oyster reefs that were restored in 2012 and 2015. Reefs discussed in this report are located in Harris Creek, the Little Choptank River, and the Tred Avon River, Maryland.
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2018 Oyster Reef Monitoring Report (Appendices B, C, and D)
This report describes results of monitoring done in 2018 on oyster reefs that were restored in 2012 and 2015. Reefs discussed in this report are located in Harris Creek, the Little Choptank River, and the Tred Avon River, Maryland.
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2017 Oyster Reef Monitoring Report
This report describes results of monitoring done in 2017 on oyster reefs that were restored in 2014 in the Little Choptank River and Harris Creek.
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2016 Oyster Reef Monitoring Report
This report describes results of monitoring done in 2016 on oyster reefs that were restored in 2013 in Harris Creek.
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2015 Oyster Reef Monitoring Report
This report describes results of monitoring done in 2015 on oyster reefs that were restored in 2012 in Harris Creek.
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Oyster Restoration Success Metrics
Report of the Oyster Metrics Workgroup:
Restoration Goals, Quantitative Metrics and Assessment Protocols for Evaluating Success on Restored Oyster Reef Sanctuaries