In May, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) vessel Patricia Campbell is scheduled to deploy approximately 100 low profile reef balls in the Memorial Stadium Reef section within the Gales Lumps Oyster Sanctuary. The reef balls will be deployed with a … Continued
Preliminary data shows that so far, oyster restoration efforts in Maryland’s Harris Creek are doing well. Late last fall, scientists gathered data about oyster density on restored oyster reefs in Harris Creek on reefs that were seeded with spat-on-shell in … Continued
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) voted recently to increase protection for oyster restoration sites in Norfolk’s Lafayette River and parts of other Virginia tributaries. In 2014, the City of Norfolk sent a proposal to VMRC, requesting the agency to … Continued
The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office recently released a brief document highlighting progress under way in research projects that focus on the ecosystem services provided by restored oyster reefs. The 2015 Oyster Reef Ecosystem Services (ORES) Research Update includes details on: … Continued
The Commonwealth of Virginia recently announced that the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) has received a $500,000 grant from The Nature Conservancy to support the construction of a large-scale oyster sanctuary in the Piankatank River near Fishing Bay. The project, … Continued