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A small reef made up of oysters
Crassostrea virginica (Oyster reef)
A great blue heron hangs out on the floating oyster cages at Horn Point Laboratory.
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) on Oyster Cages
two Gobiesox strumosus (skilletfish) watch over eggs in oyster shell
Two Gobiesox strumosus (skilletfish) watch over…
The Indian River Lagoon on the east coast of Florida is suffering from polluted water, algal blooms, seagrass losses, and fish kills.
Conceptual diagram of the key features of and…
Icon representing a shellfish fishery.
Shellfish Fishery
These traditional boats tended to the oyster fleets working the beds in the Bay, buying harvested oysters from the oystermen in the afternoon, and running those oysters to faraway markets and rail centers in Norfolk, Crisfield, Baltimore, and Washington DC, and to local shucking houses and canneries around the Bay.
Restored Chesapeake Bay oyster buy boat
A baby terrapin makes its way to the water.
Baby diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin
A boat floating on Chesapeake Bay.
Boat in the Bay
A boat floating on Chesapeake Bay.
Boat in the Bay
Boats floating in community dock in Neavitt, Maryland.
Boats at the dock
Boats floating in community dock in Neavitt, Maryland.
Boats at the dock
Docked boats on the Bay.
Docked boats
Docked waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Docked waterman's boat
Equipment on a waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Equipment on a waterman's boat
Equipment on a waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Equipment on a waterman's boat
Equipment on a waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Equipment on a waterman's boat
Fishing equipment on the dock.
Fishing equipment
Fishing equipment on a waterman's boat.
Fishing equipment
Fishing equipment on watermen's boats.
Fishing equipment on boats
Docked waterman boat.
Waterman boat
Watermen boats docked in the Bay.
Watermen boats
Watermen boats docked in the Bay.
Watermen boats
Watermen boats docked in Neavitt, Maryland.
Watermen boats
Boats floating in community dock in Neavitt, Maryland.
Boats at the dock
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