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	<title>Chesapeake Bay News &#187; oyster restoration</title>
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		<title>2011 From the Bay  &#8211; For the Bay Dine-Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland&#8217;s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently released the results from 2011 From the Bay, For the Bay Dine Out. Through a collaborative partnership among regional restaurants, DNR and the Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP), the week-long celebration raised $20,240 to support Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration. More than 170 restaurants in Maryland, Washington D.C., Delaware, Pennsylvania [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/01-2012/27/2011-from-the-bay-for-the-bay-dine-out/' addthis:title='2011 From the Bay  &#8211; For the Bay Dine-Out '><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>Annapolis Seafood Market Joins Oyster Recovery Partnership</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annapolis Seafood Market has partnered with the Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) to collect used oyster shells from their stores and participating restaurants to help promote the expansion of oyster beds in the Chesapeake Bay. As part of their program, Annapolis Seafood Market will display educational signage inside each store for their customers to learn how [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/12-2011/12/annapolis-seafood-market-joins-oyster-recovery-partnership/' addthis:title='Annapolis Seafood Market Joins Oyster Recovery Partnership '><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>Oyster Planting In Cooks Point Reef</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[artificial reefs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Artificial Reef Program joined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) on August 11 to place 306 oyster spat-laden reef balls on a two-acre site near Cooks Point in the Choptank River using CBF’s oyster research vessel Patricia Campbell. Volunteers from CBF and the Dorchester County chapter of the Maryland [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/08-2011/22/oyster-planting-in-cooks-point-reef/' addthis:title='Oyster Planting In Cooks Point Reef '><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 Oyster Survival Rates at Highest Levels Since 1997</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the State’s recently completed fall oyster survey, the number of spat or baby oysters in Maryland waters is at its highest level since 1997, the survival rate for young oysters is also up, and more Marylanders are looking to start up or expand aquaculture businesses. Since 1939, 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/02-2011/10/maryland-fall-2010-oyster-survey/' addthis:title='Maryland Oyster Survival Rates at Highest Levels Since 1997 '><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>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>MD DNR Reminds Watermen that New Oyster Sanctuaries Are in Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has issued a reminder to Marylanders that new sanctuaries are in effect for this year’s oyster season, which begins October 1. According the agency, Natural Resources Police (NRP) officers will be out on the water, patrolling sanctuaries and stepping up enforcement. The Oyster Restoration and Aquaculture Development plan [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/09-2010/30/md-dnr-new-oyster-sanctuaries/' addthis:title='MD DNR Reminds Watermen that New Oyster Sanctuaries Are in Effect '><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>Marylanders Grow Oysters Program Expands</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/09-2010/23/marylanders-grow-oysters-program-expands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) has delivered oyster cages and spat at two points along the Magothy River in Anne Arundel County as part of the State’s Marylanders Grow Oysters program. The Magothy River oyster growers, lead by the Magothy River Association, are beginning their second year [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/09-2010/23/marylanders-grow-oysters-program-expands/' addthis:title='Marylanders Grow Oysters Program Expands '><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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