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2/5/2024 11:27:00 AM

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Section 4: General
Subject: Raising Oysters in Ocean Pines Msg# 1198574

From:

Lynn Kessler

Joined 1/2/2017

To:

Joe Reynolds (Read) OceanPinesForum.com

Joined 8/1/1999

Thank you. Hopefully, the numbers are going to improve with CBF and MCB oyster reef programs. To me, it seems like one of the easiest ways to do something good for our community and the environment as a whole--if you live on the water.

For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where:
In the Chesapeake, I think they dump oyster shells to make a good bottom for the spat.

Here is an interesting oyster article:

A mystery in the oysters: Scientists probe unexplained die-off Chesapeake’s farm-raised oysters - Eastern Shore Post

Few people realize the terrible decimation of the oyster population in Chincoteague Bay. O

From a 2013 Maryland study:

Oyster Results: Status and Trends
1. Recent Status
None of the 28 documented shell bars in the Coastal Bays have living oysters.
In addition to the 150 handscrape tows taken in 1994 on the former oyster bars of Chincoteague Bay, almost 4,000 clam dredge stations throughout the coastal system have been sampled over the past twenty years and never has a live oyster been found on the old oyster grounds. To a large extent the bars themselves have been buried by sediment, greatly reducing this ecologically important habitat.

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