Maryland and Virginia Oyster Restoration Interagency Teams Publications

A summary of progress made in 2024 toward the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement’s "Ten Tributaries by 2025" Oyster Outcome.

View document [PDF, 2.9 MB] 2024 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Update

An analysis of Maryland's 2022 and 2023 oyster restoration success.

View document [PDF, 6.1 MB] 2022 and 2023 Maryland Oyster Reef Monitoring Report

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 2023.

View document [PDF, 3.4 MB] 2023 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 2022.

View document [PDF, 2.3 MB] 2022 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Update

This report describes the results of monitoring done from October through December 2021 on three- and six-year-old restored oyster reefs in Harris Creek, the Little Choptank River, and the Tred Avon River.

View document [PDF, 5.1 MB] 2021 Maryland Oyster Monitoring Report

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.

View document [PDF, 3.6 MB] 2021 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Update

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.

View document [PDF, 2.9 MB] 2020 Maryland Oyster Monitoring Report

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.

View document [PDF, 2.7 MB] 2020 Maryland 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 document [PDF, 2.9 MB] 2020 Virginia Oyster Restoration Update

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 document [PDF, 7.5 MB] Great Wicomico (Virginia) Oyster Restoration Blueprint