The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is turning to granite, concrete and steel slag (a byproduct of the steel-making process) for an oyster-restoration project in the Severn River.
Maryland's supply of old oyster shell is dwindling. The state used to dredge fossilized shells from the Upper Chesapeake Bay to use in oyster restoration. But that permit expired, and wrangling among fishermen and state officials has delayed a new dredging permit.
So in the interim, the groups that plant baby...
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oyster farming - 2010-01-06 10:38:04
For 8 years We have been successful raising oysters in a floating basket under our dock in Ocean Pines.
Our feeling was that any one blessed with waterfront should give back to preserve and enhance the water quality. Oyster farming was one way to help purify the water.
We had been receiving spat from The Assateague Costal Trust . We had been transferring the yearling oysters to a reef with about 50 locals . After years of adding to the reef last year all the oysters came up dead and the project was abandoned. I would like to attempt again. Is any resistant spat been approved for use in this area? Bill Adler
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oysters...... - 2009-12-14 13:44:57
when i was a kid growing up around annapolis....oysters shells were every where...now you never see them.....we used oyster shells in our septic tanks......somethings just not right in oysterville......
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