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MARBIDCO to offer relief loans to MD oystermen
MARBIDCO officials said the organization will provide disaster relief loans to eligible Maryland commercial oyster harvesters.
Oysters, ‘robust and growing,’ enjoy breakthrough year in MD
Oysters in Maryland are thriving, with reproduction levels nearly six times the average, marking a breakthrough in restoration efforts.
MD oyster season extended to aid watermen amid difficult winter
Maryland is extending the commercial oyster season to help watermen make up for lost harvesting opportunities after many waterways and parts of the Chesapeake Bay froze.
Oyster restoration center to open in Anne Arundel County
Chesapeake Bay Foundation officials joined partners and supporters to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new oyster restoration center.
Perdue Farms associates aid in Chesapeake Bay watershed restoration
Perdue Farms associates joined Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) representatives to build oyster cages to support the Marylanders Grow Oysters program to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The […]
Maryland’s plan for oyster restoration on lower Eastern Shore challenged in court
A judge temporarily blocked an oyster restoration project in Somerset County after local leaders filed a motion to halt the construction of artificial reefs.
CMA CGM partners with Chesapeake Bay Foundation to introduce 5.5M oysters
Shipping and logistics company the CMA CGM Group is partnering with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to join the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance.
Chesapeake Bay oysters get more attention at pivotal time
Robert T. Brown pulled an oyster shell from a pile freshly harvested by a dredger from the Chesapeake Bay and talked enthusiastically about the larvae attached — a sign of a future generation critical to the health of the nation's largest estuary.
A shell of a good cause
The Young Lawyers Section of the Maryland State Bar Association will have its annual charity event April 20, and this year's beneficiary has a special connection to the group.
On Eastern Shore, can solar, aquaculture supplant Big Chicken?
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 […]
Plantings to expand man-made reef west of Tilghman Island
ANNAPOLIS — Reef balls are being planted on the Tilghman Reef this week. The Coastal Conservation Association Maryland and the group’s northern Virginia chapter is scheduled to plant 140 reef […]
Maryland awarded $800K to restore oysters in Chesapeake Bay
WASHINGTON — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded $800,000 to Maryland to help restore the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population. Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin announced the award […]
