From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 7 Oct 2011 17:47:50 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] BIOTA: Oysters at Earle Naval Weapons Station (NJ) |
Modest start for tiny oysters in Raritan Bay Written by Kirk Moore My Central Jersey October 7, 2011It's a modest start, but 3,600 tiny oysters hanging in nets off the pier at Naval Weapons Station Earle could be the pathfinders that show how to re-establish oyster reefs in Raritan Bay, researchers said Thursday. "It would signal to us that the water here can support oysters for longer term survival," said Beth Ravit, a Rutgers University professor working on oyster restoration with the NY/NJ Baykeeper program. "We're talking about restoring more than oysters. We're talking about restoring a habitat type," said Frank Steimle, a biologist retired from the federal fisheries laboratory at Sandy Hook and now a volunteer with Baykeeper. ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20111007/NJNEWS/310070038/ Modest-start-for-tiny-oysters-in-Raritan-Bay -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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