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		<title>Maryland To Streamline Aquaculture Permitting Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland is implementing a new streamlined and centralized aquaculture permitting process for growing oysters and other shellfish in Maryland waters. Thanks to a realignment of State requirements approved by the General Assembly earlier this year and a cooperative effort between the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, qualifying [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/08-2011/15/maryland-to-streamline-aquaculture-permitting-process/' addthis:title='Maryland To Streamline Aquaculture Permitting Process '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>New Maryland Commercial Fishing &#8211; Aquaculture Regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 00:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State of Maryland has enacted several new regulations that pertain to commmercial fisheries and shellfish aquaculture.  According to Maryland&#8217;s Department of Natural Resources, the regulations are designed to deter harmful fishing activity by increasing penalties for oyster, blue crab, and striped bass poachers; authorizing Natural Resources Police (NRP) officers to inspect commercial fishing business’s [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/05-2011/21/new-maryland-commercial-fishing-aquaculture-regulations/' addthis:title='New Maryland Commercial Fishing &#8211; Aquaculture Regulations '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Marylanders Grow Oysters Program</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/03-2011/14/2011-marylanders-grow-oysters-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[River coordinators from 13 of 18 Chesapeake Bay participating tributaries met on March 2 with Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) staff on Kent Island to prepare for the Marylanders Grow Oysters summer growing season. The 13 local program sponsors, managers from the DNR Fisheries Service shellfish division and the Oyster Recovery Partnership spent the [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/03-2011/14/2011-marylanders-grow-oysters-program/' addthis:title='2011 Marylanders Grow Oysters Program '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Re-Opens Aquaculture Financing Loan Program to New Applicants</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/12-2010/09/maryland-re-opens-aquaculture-financing-loan-program-to-new-applicants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland has announced that its new shellfish aquaculture financing program will be accepting a second round of applications between January 2 and January 31, 2011. The program received 16 applications totaling more than $1.3 million during the first round, which closed on November 30. There is a total of $2.2 million currently available for the [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/12-2010/09/maryland-re-opens-aquaculture-financing-loan-program-to-new-applicants/' addthis:title='Maryland Re-Opens Aquaculture Financing Loan Program to New Applicants '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Creates New Shellfish Farming Zones</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Marine Resources Commission is trying something new to expand the ecologically beneficial farming of oysters and clams on state-owned water bottoms. In January, the Commission is expected to approve the creation of 15 new Aquaculture Opportunity Zones. These zones will set aside more than 1,000 acres of prime state-owned water bottoms for the [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/12-2010/09/virginia-creates-new-shellfish-farming-zones/' addthis:title='Virginia Creates New Shellfish Farming Zones '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>MD DNR To Host Shellfish Tagging And Aquaculture Open Houses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries Service will launch a commercial shellfish tagging program in August 2011 to meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) national public safety requirements. DNR will host three open houses in November to discuss the elements of the program and to solicit ideas from watermen and aquaculturists about [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/11-2010/04/dnr-shellfish-tagging-and-aquaculture-open-houses/' addthis:title='MD DNR To Host Shellfish Tagging And Aquaculture Open Houses '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland to Provide Subsidized Shellfish Aquaculture Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/10-2010/27/maryland-subsidized-shellfish-aquaculture-loans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Maryland program will provide subsidized loans to business owners interested in launching or expanding commercial shellfish aquaculture operations in Maryland. Of the State’s $10.6 million oyster restoration budget for fiscal year 2011, $2.2 million in subsidized loans will be available for aquaculture projects through a partnership between the Maryland Department of Natural Resources [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/10-2010/27/maryland-subsidized-shellfish-aquaculture-loans/' addthis:title='Maryland to Provide Subsidized Shellfish Aquaculture Loans '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Aquaculture Conference to be Held in Annapolis</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/10-2010/19/annapolis-maryland-aquaculture-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland is hosting an inaugural aquaculture conference in Annapolis on November 9-10, 2010.  The Maryland Aquaculture Conference will focus on the process for establishing successful shellfish aquaculture businesses that will provide economic growth and employment to rural areas while aiding the environment. “Sweeping legislative changes have created an exciting opportunity to expand the aquaculture industry [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/10-2010/19/annapolis-maryland-aquaculture-conference/' addthis:title='Maryland Aquaculture Conference to be Held in Annapolis '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland DNR Oyster Aquaculture Permits</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/09-2010/08/maryland-dnr-oyster-aquaculture-permits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is now accepting applications for new aquaculture permits under new oyster leasing regulations. DNR will also be announcing its overall oyster management budget including a package of technical and financial opportunities for aquaculture ventures later this month to help accelerate the growth of this industry in Maryland and [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/09-2010/08/maryland-dnr-oyster-aquaculture-permits/' addthis:title='Maryland DNR Oyster Aquaculture Permits '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Magothy Oyster Gardening 2010-2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Magothy River Association, in conjunction with the state sponsored &#8220;Marylanders Grow Oysters&#8221; program, is again recruiting oyster gardeners for the 2010-2011 season. If you have access to a pier on the Magothy River, and can spare a few minutes every week or so, you can do this!  The MGO program is free to all [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/08-2010/03/magothy-oyster-gardening-2010-2011/' addthis:title='Magothy Oyster Gardening 2010-2011 '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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