Rubble from a demolished dam on the Patapsco River has moved to its new home on the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay, and it will soon be joined by a boatload of new neighbors — 4 million baby oysters. For ...

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ST. LEONARD — Watermen in Calvert County have an unlikely ally in their effort to explore aquaculture as a means to shore up the flagging industry — Morgan State University. A historically black college and Maryland’s designated “Public Urban University,” ...

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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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DAMERON — At the age of 10, Rich Pelz took an advance on his weekly allowance to join the International Oceanographic Association, where he found an article in the group’s monthly magazine touting the promise of aquaculture in the Chesapeake ...

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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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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Attention Chesapeake Bay oysters: Big Brother will soon be watching you. To determine how valuable a foodstuff oysters are to blue crabs and finfish, scientists will place the celebrated mollusk under surveillance this summer. Virginia Institute ...

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