Federal marine regulators are making $450,000 available to try to foster more seafood farming on the East Coast.

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Last in an occasional series on rural Maryland CAMBRIDGE — Kevin McClarren has been growing oysters in nets on the Chesapeake Bay for 20 years. “We were told it would never work,” said McClarren, who manages four acres of floating ...

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For a long period of Maryland’s history, the greatest threat to the survival of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay did not come from parasite-spread diseases dermo and MSX. It came, instead, from armed bands of oyster poachers and pirates looking ...

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Rich Pelz, owner of Circle "C" Oyster Ranch in Dameron, and Jon Farrington, the owner of Jonny Oyster Seed in St. Leonard make their living growing oysters and selling supplies to hobbyists. Maryland lags behind Virginia, however, in the aquaculture regulatory framework. (The Daily Record/Maximilian Franz and Ben Mook)

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CRISFIELD — Harvesting oysters from the Chesapeake Bay could become as simple as pulling up a cage from a local waterway under a new push by the state of Maryland to develop aquaculture ventures. “We’ve had some fairly strong interest ...

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources have jointly agreed on a streamlined procedure for processing applications for new oyster and other shellfish aquaculture activities in Maryland waters, including the Chesapeake Bay ...

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WASHINGTON — Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin say it is taking too long to approve oyster aquaculture projects in the state. Mikulski and Cardin wrote to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last week to express their frustration over the ...

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In an old cinderblock building near the foot of 36th Street in Hampden, the latest addition to Baltimore’s urban farming push is under construction. Large tanks, filters, drains and pipes are being fitted into the old building, which for years ...

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Funds for aquaculture Maryland’s new shellfish aquaculture financing program will accept a second round of applications between Jan. 2 and January 31, Gov. Martin O’Malley announced. The program is funded at $2.2 million. The Department of Natural Resources received 16 ...

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