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Ecological Restoration
Working closely with our partners to rehabilitate degraded habitat, improved bar quality and to plant disease-free hatchery oysters
Monitoring and Assessment
Collecting data to guide decisions regarding protection, restoration and commercial harvest of oysters in Maryland.
Citizen Outreach
Initiated in 2008, the citizen outreach program know as Marylanders Grow Oysters is managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in conjunction with the Oyster Recovery Partnership, the University of Maryland and local organizations.
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Areas of Wye River Open to Razor Clam Dredging | (5/22/2013) DNR has announced that three areas of the Wye River in Queen Anne's and Talbot County will be open for the dredging of razor clams on a rotational basis with special restrictions. A special permit is required and only authorized clammers who have declared thei... |
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Marylanders Invited to Join Oyster Growing Program | (4/18/2013) Application Deadline May 15 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for communities to help raise baby oysters for the 2013 season through the Marylanders Grow Oysters program. Now in its sixth year, the program has become a huge succe... |
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Governor O’Malley Announces Improving Oyster Population and Reproduction | (4/10/2013) Survival Rate Highest Since 1985Governor Martin O'Malley today announced good news regarding the State's ongoing efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay's native oyster population. Results of Maryland's 2012 Fall Oyster Survey show that oyster population and rep... |
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NRP Blotter | (3/13/2013) The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) charged numerous people with violations in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot and Wicomico counties in February. Anne Arundel County - On February 6, Joshua Alther, 38, of Edgewate... |
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DNR to Hold St Mary’s River Oyster Leasing Public Meeting | (11/29/2012) The Maryland Department of Natural Resource (DNR) will hold a public meeting to discuss adding criteria to regulated oyster aquaculture inside of the St. Mary’s River Oyster Sancturary on December 6 from 3 to 7 p.m. It is the Department’s view that a regulate... |
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Dates have been set for four public hearings on the proposed regulations submitted in May as part of the implementation of the Governor's Oyster
Restoration and Aquaculture Development Plan. Read more.
The Shellfish Program is holding elections for county oyster committee representatives. Please review the public notice for further details on voting.
As announced at the June 3rd Chesapeake Bay Executive Council meeting by Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, the Marylanders Grow Oysters (MGO) program is once again expanding to include seven new
tributaries in its oyster gardening network for 2010. The new tributaries, located on Maryland's Eastern Shore and in AnneArundelCounty, are: the
Chester River, the Miles River, the Wye River, Bodkin Creek, Cox Creek, Harris Creek and Swan Creek. MGO oysters grown during the 2009-10 season are
currently being retrieved for placement in sanctuaries and cages will be refilled with new spat on shell later this summer.
MSU's Estuarine Research Center dedicates new oyster hatchery at ERC - Morgan State University's Estuarine Research Center (ERC) unveils its new oyster
hatchery on Monday, May 3, 2010, Click here for full story.
The Oyster Recovery Partnership recently launched Maryland's first Oyster Shell
Recycling Alliance. Oyster shell is a limited resource that should not be thrown away. Reused oyster shell provides crucial natural habitat for new
oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. Click here to learn more.
Related Links
- Publications & Reports
- Resources For Aquaculture
- Resources for Watermen
- Maryland Shellfish Closure Areas
- Marylanders Grow Oysters
- Oyster Advisory Commission
- Oyster Disease
- Maryland's Historic Oyster Bars
- Permit Applications
- Oyster Texting Signup
- How To Buy and Sell Shellfish Commercially in Maryland
- 2012-2013 Shellfish Closure Book with Bar Names (41MB pdf)
- Harris Creek Restoration Project