Wild oysters from Tangier Sound (Credit: Pamela D’Angelo)
It’s been ten years since Maryland and Virginia were ordered to restore oyster populations to tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay by 2025.
To meet that goal scientists have banked on building oyster sanctuaries. But reviving a species decimated by disease, over-harvesting and pollution hasn’t proved easy.
Maryland, Virginia and federal recently scientists met at the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News to assess progress.
Pamela D’Angelo reports.
Virginia Public Radio 