The Greater Baltimore Oyster Partnership, a collaboration between the Waterfront Partnership’s Healthy Harbor Initiative and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, hopes to grow a quarter million ...

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation had volunteers from the Back Country Hunters and Anglers Armed Forces Initiative out to their ...

Along with True Chesapeake Oyster, the county is home to major operations such as Hollywood Oyster and 38 North Oysters. And it’s prime territory for new business ventures, as well. Advertisement ...

“Given these questions and the continued growth of the industry” says Turner, “stakeholders need a greater understanding of how oyster farms impact the Bay, whether negative or positive.” Oysters are ...

Chesapeake Bay homeowners should welcome oyster farming March 11, 2019 Oyster farmer Ryan Brown checks a cage pulled from St. Jerome Creek in St. Mary’s County, Md. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun) ...

By 2011, the oyster population in the upper Chesapeake Bay was estimated to be 0.3 percent of its historic levels from the early 1800s, ... Officials are encouraging more oyster farming, ...

Oyster growers in Virginia’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay can now apply for $260,000 in funding through USDA Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

Shelling Out For A Chesapeake Bay Oyster Comeback Chesapeake oysters are a succulent treat that for centuries have been loved almost to extinction. But some scientists and business people are ...

There is a state lab on the Eastern Shore helping to bring the oysters back to the bay. ... Senator Cardin Wants More Oyster Farms In Chesapeake Bay. August 31, 2015 / 5:32 PM / CBS Baltimore ...

Currently, the foundation reports that under the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, federal-state efforts are on track to fully restore 11 Chesapeake Bay tributaries for oyster habitat by 2025.

For several years, an unexplained die-off of farm-raised oysters from the Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf of Mexico has perplexed industry members and the scientific community alike.

Billions more oysters will be planted in the Chesapeake Bay, and a partnership aims for the project to be complete by 2025. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.