Maryland and Virginia Oyster Restoration Interagency Teams Publications
2020 Maryland Oyster Monitoring Report
Published on October 21, 2021This 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.
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.
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.
View detailsGreat 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.
View details2019 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 River, Maryland.
Appendix A: Table of Summary Data for each Reef
Summary data accompanying the 2019 Oyster Monitoring Report.
View detailsA 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.
View details2020 Oyster Gear Efficiency Study Final Report
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.
View details2019 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.
View details2019 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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