Across the Chesapeake Bay, the wild oyster season is over but it closed last month with some welcome news: The annual survey of baby oysters known as “spat” shows Maryland’s population is hanging in ...
The Chesapeake Bay’s once-moribund oyster industry has been on a roll recently, and last season Maryland watermen hauled in their biggest harvest in 36 years — 623,000 bushels. After an “exceptional” ...
It’s hard to come together over oysters in Maryland. Two years ago, seeking to get past seemingly endless conflicts between environmentalists and watermen, Maryland lawmakers ordered fisheries ...
Chesapeake Bay oysters had another good year in 2024, new Maryland data shows. Oyster reproduction levels were above the median for the fifth straight year, according to the Maryland Department of ...
>> IF THE TIDE REQUIRES A SHELL FISHERMAN IS UP WITH THE SUN, THE OYSTER FLATS OF GLOW AT DAYBREAK. THE HARVEST IS FRUITFUL. MID-SUMMER IS PEAK SEASON FOR OYSTERS. JON HOOD LOCALS CALL IT JOHNNY CLAM ...
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ Fall Oyster Survey recorded a remarkable year for juvenile oysters in Maryland waters, finding prolific numbers throughout the Chesapeake Bay. The ...
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration is on track to meet 2025 goals, officials announced. The Chesapeake Bay program aims to restore oyster reefs in 10 Chesapeake Bay tributaries and ...
<p><br>The 2008 Winter Dredge Survey seems poised to enter the ranks of depressing reports about the health of the Chesapeake Bay, though there are a few hopeful signs.<P> The preliminary results of ...
Roshan Gordon, foreground, the packing house supervisor at Hollywood Oyster Company, pulls a tray cage containing growing oysters from the Patuxent River’s bottom in southern Maryland. Dock worker ...