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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Oysters Hauled Out of Harbor to Save Possible Aquaculture Thieves!

"As many as 50,000 oysters were hauled out of New York Harbor that were part of a significant restoration project in the NJ portion of the bay:
The juvenile and mostly underdeveloped shellfish were part of a research project sponsored by the NY/NJ Baykeeper as part of a plan to bring oysters back to the harbor, where they were once so plentiful they were common fare for penniless immigrants in Manhattan.

Now there is no commercial harvesting in New York Harbor and no known large beds of the tasty mollusk.
But there is a significant clamming industry in New Jersey's part of the harbor, and state officials ordered the removal out of fear poachers might take some of the oysters growing in polluted waters and then get sick."
MSNBC New York Article

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