In October, Governor Martin O’Malley announced that the State and its partners produced and planted a record number of native baby oysters (spat) in 2013. The University of Maryland Horn Point Lab Oyster Hatchery team in Cambridge set a new … Continued
On October 5th, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), the Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative (MARI) and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) finished construction of an artificial oyster reef alongside the Bill Burton Fishing Pier adjacent to the Fredrick C. … Continued
A group of Chesapeake Bay researchers have published a groundbreaking study in April’s issue of the Marine Ecology Progress Series Journal with findings that indicate restored oyster reefs could have greater impacts on estuarine water quality than previously thought, refining … Continued
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 … Continued
In November, the Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative (MARI) added additional concrete material to Dominion Reef at the Gooses, its second major construction operation at this site this year. In cooperation with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the … Continued