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Capital News Service (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
EFFORTS UNDERWAY ACROSS STATE TO RESTORE THE TROUBLED MARYLAND OYSTER POPULATION
Staff quoted: Michael Wilberg
DEAL ISLAND — The struggles of the Maryland oyster have long been on the minds of people across the state. In the late 1800s, Maryland had the largest oyster fishery in the world, but overharvesting, disease, and habitat loss sent the oyster populations on a downward spiral, according to a recent study (http://wilberglab.cbl.umces.edu/pubs/Wilberg%20...%202011.pdf).
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Sun 11 Mar, 2012)
Chesapeake Bay oysters make slight rebound
Staff quoted: Michael Wilberg
A modern-day Lazarus story is taking shape in the Chesapeake Bay, a resurrection from the all but dead.
Capital News Service (Wed 28 Dec, 2011)
Call for oyster moratorium fails to sway watermen, officials - Scientists urge halt to harvesting
Staff quoted: Michael Wilberg
ANNAPOLIS — The Chesapeake Bay's oyster population has plummeted since the late 1960s, when Willy Dean, a Maryland waterman since the age of 17, would go hand tonging with his father and load the boat with oysters.
Delmarva Now (Wed 21 Dec, 2011)
Our View: Good, bad news from the bay - Crabs still recovering, but oysters are in dire straits
Staff quoted: Michael Wilberg
The Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee released its 2011 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Advisory Report, an assessment of the state of the bay's crab population.
The Daily Record (Sun 11 Dec, 2011)
No traction for oyster harvest moratorium
Staff quoted: Michael Wilberg
The Chesapeake Bay's oyster population has plummeted since the late 1960s, when Willy Dean, a Maryland waterman since the age of 17, would go hand tonging with his father and "load the boat with oysters."
Capital News Service (Thu 8 Dec, 2011)
Call for oyster moratorium fails to sway Eastern Shore watermen, officials
Staff quoted: Michael Wilberg
ANNAPOLIS — The Chesapeake Bay's oyster population has plummeted since the late 1960s, when Willy Dean, a Maryland waterman since the age of 17, would go hand tonging with his father and "load the boat with oysters."
The Somerset Herald (Tue 13 Sep, 2011)
Study urges oyster harvest delay
Staff quoted: Michael Wilberg
DEAL ISLAND -- A recently published study that recommends a moratorium on oyster harvesting in the Chesapeake Bay has upset some local watermen, who said they have a hard enough time making a living.
The Annapolis Capital (Sat 10 Sep, 2011)
Our Bay Digest - Report: Oysters running low
Staff quoted: Michael Wilberg
SOLOMONS - A new scientific study shows the Chesapeake Bay's oysters are in worse shape than previously thought, with the population at just 0.3 percent of historic levels.
One Earth (Thu 8 Sep, 2011)
Oysters on the Brink
Staff quoted: Michael Wilberg
In 1701, a visitor to Chesapeake Bay wrote that oysters were so numerous that the reef they made posed a hazard to navigation. By the late 1800s, the bay was yielding 15 million bushels of oysters a year, making it the world's largest oyster fishery and the most valuable fishery in the United States.
Southern Maryland News (Wed 7 Sep, 2011)
Scientist calls for moratorium on oystering: DNR, watermen, SMOCS weigh in
Staff quoted: Michael Wilberg
After research showed oyster population is less than 1 percent of historic levels, a scientist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science issued a statement last week recommending a moratorium be placed on oyster fishing, though many are inclined to disagree.