An unremarkable thing happened in a remarkable way during the recently ended oyster season in the Chesapeake Bay. Some Virginia watermen harvested bivalves from public oyster grounds in the ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — It’s been just over two years since 10 On Your Side’s Andy Fox brought attention to a large mountain of concrete in Virginia Beach. PREVIOUS: Concrete mountain near ...
Several new and expanded projects aim to restore oysters in the Lynnhaven River to some of the population’s former glory. Conservation nonprofit Lynnhaven River NOW last week began building its first ...
Nine million baby oysters were funneled off a boat with a splash into the Severn River recently, populating an oyster reef in an effort to help the Chesapeake Bay’s ecosystem. The Severn River ...
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J.–Every year, hungry restaurant patrons slurp down fat, juicy oysters, their greyish-white shells cast aside with little thought. But here on this picturesque barrier island, ...
A historian inspects oysters from a reef on the Nansemond River, in Virginia. Tess Crowley / The Virginian-Pilot / Tribune News Service via Getty Images The Chesapeake Bay—the largest estuary in the ...
As the Sun dropped behind the Statue of Liberty on Saturday, a staff member for a conservation group unlocked a gate on a nearby island to reveal the ingredients for a potential oyster renaissance: ...