Due to over-harvesting, pollution and disease, more than 99% of the historic native oyster population has disappeared.
The state of Maryland has committed to a restoration plan looking to rebuild oyster colonies in five tributaries on its side of the bay.
Inside 3,000-gallon tanks are millions of future oysters work done by the Oyster Recovery Partnership, a nonprofit dedicated to Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration. The work that we re doing is all in Maryland at this point, working in tributaries within the bay to restore those oyster reefs, said Ward Slacum, executive director of the Oyster Recovery Partnership. Slacum said oysters are important to the cultural heritage of Maryland.
Inside efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay s oyster population
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