New Jersey's once thriving Delaware Bay oyster industry in on the rebound
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS April 11, 2014
For years, New Jersey's Delaware Bay oyster population and the oyster industry that depends on it were struggling to stay alive.
But conservationists and representatives of the oyster industry gathered Tuesday at a public forum held at New Jersey's state ship, the A.J. Meerwald, in Port Norris. The forum reported the oyster population is maintaining a healthy rate and oystermen are still turning a profit.
A crowd of approximately 20 heard about the current condition of the oyster population and its future. The crowd was briefed on oyster reefs as part of a living shoreline protecting against future storm surges, as well as information on a proposed oyster shell recycling project that is being headed by Meghan Wren, executive director and founder of the Bayshore Center at Bivalve, who attended the meeting.
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