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How aquaculture could save the life of the Chesapeake Bay

There was a time when boating through the Chesapeake Bay was a struggle because of the number of oyster reefs in the water. There was also a time when people said you shouldn’t eat oysters in months that didn’t contain the letter “r.”

Neither is true today.

Aquaculture – or more simply oyster farming – has made oysters a year-round product in the bay. It also might be the solution to restoring the bay’s once booming oyster population, which is currently at less than 1 percent of its peak…

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