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DNR Invites Marylanders To Join Oyster Growing Program | (3/26/2012) Application deadline April 30The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for communities to help raise baby oysters for the 2012 season through the Marylanders Grow Oysters program. Now in its fifth year, the program is bigger and better than... |
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Public Invited to Discuss Harris Creek Oyster Restoration Efforts | (3/13/2012) The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will present plans for major oyster restoration efforts in Harris Creek from 1 to 7 p.m. on March ... |
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Governor Martin O'Malley Announces Maryland Native Oyster Survival Rate Highest Since 1985 | (2/13/2012) Governor proposes $8 million capital investment for oyster restoration Oyster disease levels lowest on record Governor Martin O'Malley today announced another landmark in the State's ongoing efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay's native oyster populati... |
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DNR, ORP And Midatlantic Restaurants Partner To Help Rebuild Oyster Population | (1/23/2012) "From the Bay, For the Bay" Dine-Out raises more than $20,000 Annapolis, Md. (January 23, 2012)Governor Martin O'Malley today announced the results of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) 2011 From the Bay, For the Bay Dine Out. Through a colla... |
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Area of Tred Avon River Approved for Shellfish Harvesting | (11/14/2011) Bacteria Levels Decrease; Portion of River, Other Talbot County Waterways, Open to Harvesting at Any Time Starting TodayBALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Department of the Environment is reclassifying an area of the Tred Avon River and parts of other nearby waterw... |
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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.
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.