The
Press of Atlantic City ran an article that provides an
overview of RCTB activities. The article also provides
some insight about the relationship between RCTB and the
Marine Academy for Technology and Environmental Science
(MATES) and an exciting program that brings shellfish
into the classroom. The public school outreach brings
live oysters into the classroom and links schools by the
bay with schools across the state so that kids will have
a “hands-on” learning experience underscoring the
relationship between the water in rivers and streams
that becomes waste (along with whatever is in it) in the
bay.
Long Beach Island Foundation of
the Arts and Sciences provides a very useful news
letter, Island Blue Page News. It is based on the
Island Blue Pages a terrific resource about the
Barnegat Bay and Long Beach Island including the history
and ecology of the region. Each Issue provides tips on
things every one can do to improve the bay. Issue
number -
1,
2,
3,
4,
5.
A comparison
with previous laboratory studies, and the value of in
situ methods- The recent interest in oyster bed
restoration often has little to do with increasing
harvest of the delicious bivalves, but is instead
focused on the ability of oysters to filter
phytoplankton and other particles from the water column.
Our Dec 6th Save Our Bay
Colloquium got a nice write up in the Asbury Park Press
2005 State of The Bay (Barnegat Bay) Presented by the Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program It provides a great deal of useful information
Old man and the bay - This tells what the Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program is doing and how it relates to Fred Kalm, An old timer still using his fathers boat built in 1968. Scientists want to bring shellfish back to Barnegat Bay. But can they bring back the baymen?
Eelgrass is Great, but Shellfish Aquaculture is Better - It?s a bold statement. The article really give the science behind it. The article does not diminish the importance of eelgrass, in fact it does a good job of explaining it. It does tell that many of the benefits associated with eelgrass can also be derived from shellfish. It further explains that shellfish can even help propagate eelgrass. Written by Dr. Robert B. Rheault, PhD. the article offers many reference and support articles.
Restoration on the halfshell - A little history and an interesting perspective
Farming of Shellfish Boosts Industry's Image
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Not all fish farming is bad,
despite a public perception formed from how farmed
salmon are raised, seafood experts say.
Clam Transplant -
CHARLESTOWN - Volunteers working for a new
public-private conservation partnership today
transplanted more than 90,000 clams, collectively
weighing nearly 20,000 pounds, into Ninegret Pond. This
will also help the eel grass.
