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News
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Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay Expected to Meet 2025 Goal
June 6, 2024
The Chesapeake Bay Program announced today that the goal to restore healthy oyster reefs in 10 Chesapeake Bay tributaries should meet its 2025 deadline.
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Nansemond Indian Nation Regains Ancestral Land From Suffolk
May 17, 2024
The Suffolk City Council voted 7-1 Wednesday to transfer a 71-acre site to the Nansemond Indian Nation, ending a decades-long effort to regain what is considered the Tribe’s cultural heart.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calling New Virginia Oyster Foster Parents
May 7, 2024
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is calling all interested oyster foster parents to join more than 700 other oyster gardeners across the state in raising oysters that help clean and restore tidal waterways.
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Virginia Governor Celebrates Lower York River Oyster Restoration Goal Achievement
April 24, 2024
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin celebrated Earth Day 2024 by announcing the achievement of a milestone in the state’s effort to restore oyster habitat in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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Virginia Oyster Shell Recycling Marks Record Increase
April 3, 2024
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s oyster shell recycling across the state of Virginia marked a record increase in the number of shells recycled in 2023, a significant gain with benefits for oyster restoration efforts, wild oyster fisheries, and aquaculture operations.
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Podcasts & Videos
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The Value of Oyster Aquaculture in Maryland
01 Apr 2020 00:02:02Oyster aquaculture is not only helping the economy throughout the Bay region, it's also helping save the Bay. Learn how Maryland's oyster aquaculture industry has grown and its impact on the Bay and the economy from CBF's Maryland Fisheries Scientist, Allison Colden.
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Ask an Expert: Why are Oysters Important for the Chesapeake Bay?
25 Mar 2020 Episode 1 | 00:06:46Why is an oyster hard to shuck? How do young oysters choose their homes? What happens when an oyster filters water? CBF’s Maryland Fisheries Scientist Allison Colden gets up close and personal with the Bay’s famous bivalve.
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The Chesapeake Oyster Alliance
20 Mar 2019 00:02:00Learn more about the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance's work to accelerate the Chesapeake Bay's recovery by restoring its oyster population.
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10 Billion Oysters for a Clean Chesapeake Bay
27 Feb 2018 Episode 76 | 00:14:44In this episode, CBF President Will Baker, National Aquarium President John Racanelli, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science President Emeritus Dr. Don Boesch, and Hoopers Island Oyster Company Founder Johnny Shockley announce a very exciting partnership to place ten billion new oysters in Chesapeake Bay by 2025.
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Chillin’ in the Water as They’re Filter Feedin’
19 Jan 2018 00:00:55Check out CBF's Virginia Oyster Restoration Manager, Jackie Shannon, performing her original Oyster Rap!
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