Look how they have grown. Ten seed next to a dime on July 12 (left).
Ten oysters next to a dime on September 26

Al opens the hatch and prepares the silo to lift on the left. Rick and Al hoist the silo out on the right. It weighs about 120 pounds.

Gary, Rick and Al, on the FLUPSY, are supported by volunteers on the dock who tend the lines.(And freely give advice!)

The silos are transported from the FLUPSY to the boat to go across the bay.

Oysters are counted. At this stage there about 100 oyster per liter of volume.

The guys from DEP Div of Fish and Wildlife have selected and marked a spot and we need to locate it. t

Once we find the spot we take six passes to dump the silos. One pass for each silo.

The other boat runs a dredge to check the bottom. It all looks good. The work is finished and so we thank Gustavo and the guys from Division of Fish and Wildlife.

More new Giant Clams on the Clam Trail! On the left is John Szeliga, External Affairs Director for Verizon, presenting the check for $3,500 to RCTB members.

Look at the growth! Same dime but the seed on the right was July 12, The seed oysters on the left are after 48 days of growth.

Day on the Bay was a blast! RCTB received many "On air thanks" from WJRZ and RCTB members had a good time too! See you next year!

WJRZ announces the Calm digger of the week each Wednesday between 3:00 and 4:00 and Clam facts during the week. August 26 is Day on the Bay with WJRZ 100.1 FM.

The latest clams on the trail are the Viking Village (Barnegat Light, left) and Comcast (at the Park in Beach Haven) One couple, Patty and Joe on vacation from PA, gathered 143 points!

Gef, Rick, Al, Mike, Tom K. and John put the FLUPSY together on August 3. We thank George, owner of Mordecai Island Marina, for arranging his lift and Bill T. of Beach Haven Borough for towing

Barnegat Light is up and running with 400,000 clams. Debbie, Stan, Pat, Max, Jeff and Frank. Two other members: Cheri and Louise were not in the picture.

Gustavo and Tom counted out the oysters. Look at 10 oysters next to a dime.They loaded 250,000

July is the beginning of the 2007 growing season. The first issue is to set up the upwellers. Ernie, Al and Mike were at the Surf City Yacht Club along with Gef, Tom and Gustavo.

We had to clean the predator nets that protected the 2006 crop. It is amazing the things that you find on the nets when you clean them.

This is the time to activate the upwellers. The work is done by teams of volunteers.

The season Kicked off in Beach Haven with Mayor Tom Stewart, John and Missy Maschal, Gef Flimlin, Rick Bushnell,Kim Smith of Comocast, Frank Panzone, and Stacey Fuessinger, of Just Bead It

We promoted the Giant Clams to business and also added some more giant clams to the calm trail.

We took some of the giant clams to the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce Expo in order to introduce RCTB's activates to the business community. Delivered by Bob Stohrer, Shell Station.

The spring started with educational sessions for our members and moved into education for high school students on Earth Day.

In the winter we had several meetings where we assembled various items to be used during educational sessions in the spring and summer.

February saw the finished clams delivered to Stohrer Shell Gas Station Manahawkin(Painted by Kathy Johnstone) and Country Kettle Chowda in Beach Haven (Painted by Missy Maschal).

January saw the delivery of the next two clams to their artists.

The Santa Clam was auctioned off at the Rotary Auction. Dr. Mazzatta was the successful bidder. Santa Clam It was also the first place winner in its class at the Ship Bottom Christmas Parade.

In the winter we had several meetings where we assembled various items to be used during educational sessions in the spring and summer.