2011 CPEO Military List Archive

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, 2011

It'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.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20111007/NJNEWS/310070038/ Modest-start-for-tiny-oysters-in-Raritan-Bay


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