Fossils May Help Revive Bay Oyster Population

BALTIMORE - Tons of fossils from Florida may hold a key to reviving the local oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay.

"I'm holding fossiilized oyster shells - these are about a million years old," says David O'Neill, vice president for conservation with The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, which orchestrated a parternship wtih CSX to transport the shells from a Florida quarry to Maryland.

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley displayed 2,750 tons of fossilized oyster shells in a barge, at a ceremony at the Port of Baltimore.
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