Ed Lewandowski says it would be great if he could walk into a local seafood restaurant and see farmed Indian River oysters on the menu.
Oysters are tasty, and they're also known for their ability to filter vast quantities of water, while creating or improving key habitat areas for a plethora of game and feeder fish.
But, Lewandowski, executive director of the Center for the Inland Bays, might have to wait a while.
While Virginia's Chincoteague oysters and Maryland's Chesapeake and Choptank oysters are well known, Delaware is the only ocean-boardering East Coast state without commercial shellfish aquaculture. The Center for the Inland Bays views oyster farming as a way to improve water quality, but officials say opening the Inland Bays to commercial aquaculture will take some work.
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