Podcasts Government On The Record Protecting Maryland's Fragile Oyster Population; From Spawn to Spat

Protecting Maryland's Fragile Oyster Population; From Spawn to Spat

Published: Jan. 3, 2019, 2:57 p.m.

Late last year, a census of Maryland’s oyster population revealed an alarming decline: there are now about 300 million oysters, half the number of two decades ago. Tim Wheeler of The Bay Journal walks us through the causes for the decline - from disease and loss of habitat to harvest pressure.Then: how do you raise oyster larvae? Stephanie Alexander of the Horn Point Oyster Hatchery takes us from spawning to spat on shell…