The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) have investigated several reports of oyster poaching, which resulted in charges. On December 2, 2009 in Dorchester County, the NRP charged an individual with harvesting oysters within an oyster sanctuary. On November 24, 2009 … Continued
On December 3, 2009, Governor Martin O’Malley released the details of Maryland’s Proposed Oyster Restoration and Aquaculture Development Plan, a new multi-faceted effort to rebuild Maryland’s decimated native oyster population. The plan will build on efforts to restore the Chesapeake … Continued
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced support for Maryland’s new oyster restoration plan, calling it a strong first step towards significantly increasing oyster numbers in the Chesapeake Bay. The plan proposes a new approach for … Continued
With the help of several watermen and volunteers, Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) staff collected the first batch of oysters grown through Maryland’s citizen oyster growing program from private piers along the Tred Avon … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries Service will hold a public meeting Monday June 22, 2009, at the Northeast Community Center to discuss the possibility of establishing new aquaculture enterprise zones (AEZs), which are areas of the Chesapeake … Continued