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Verdict still out on planting 'Asian' oysters in bay

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 10/15/08

After five years of research, five delays, 1,500 pages and more than $15 million, officials from the states of Maryland and Virginia said they still need more information to decide whether to put "Asian" oysters into the Chesapeake Bay.

Joshua McKerrow - Capital file photo
Nonnative “Asian” oysters are studied in a University of Maryland lab in Cambridge. Officials are seeking public input on whether to use the oysters in restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay.

And they're looking to you for the answer.

They're about to go on a six-city tour over the next 60 days to gather public input on the pros and cons of using nonnative oysters to replenish the bay's diminishing population.

During a conference call with reporters yesterday, officials said they need to get a sense for how tolerant Marylanders and Virginians are of the...

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