CAMBRIDGE - When it comes to producing baby oysters to be planted on sanctuary reefs, scientists have run into a problem: No more room.
Pamela Wood — The Capital
Donald “Mutt” Meritt checks a test oyster shell to see if oyster larvae in a giant tank are ready to attach to shells. Meritt runs the oyster hatchery at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Lab near Cambridge.
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences Horn Point Lab near Cambridge is expanding to increase production of oysters.
As techniques for producing oysters have improved, experts at the University of Maryland's oyster hatchery on the Eastern Shore have run out of room for the giant tanks that are used to attach the baby oysters to old shells.
Now a construction project at the university's Horn Point Lab could pave the way to drastically boost the production of baby oysters.
Workers with the Cianbro Corp. are putting the finishing touches on a 300-foot-long "setting pier" that juts into...
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Bring them on - 2010-07-03 09:54:08
This is a good story of science working to restore water quality in the bay. Individual waterfront homeowners can play a role by attaching oysters to piers. The sanctuaries program should be off limits to harvesting, replenishing natural stock will take many years. Thanks to Ms. Wood for her story.
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