In the late 1880s the Chesapeake Bay was the biggest oyster fishery on the planet. Now, the upper bay is at risk of losing its entire oyster population. Experts are calling for a ban on harvesting oysters.
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3 comments:
We have depleted this resource . I was oystering 35 years ago and caught my limit by noon.
I watch the boats come in now with just a few , and it's only 4 boats. It used to be 50 boats with limits .
Shut this industry down for however long it takes to gain the population.
Why do we continue to rape all of our resources?
Why not just a ban on sewage overflows into the bay? That would be a much better law. Then we could all eat our oysters!
PA pollutes the bay more than maryland. It is ashame that the do-gooders in this state continually aim to over-regulate when you have PA and places like Newark Delaware that can spew whatever they want.
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