A COMMUNITY-BASED OYSTER RESTORATION STRATEGY FOR DELAWARE'S COASTAL (INLAND) BAYS

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A COMMUNITY-BASED OYSTER RESTORATION STRATEGY FOR
DELAWARE'S COASTAL (INLAND) BAYS

• John W. Ewart1, E. J. Chalabala2, Frank Marenghi3
  and Aaron Gibson3
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• Delaware Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program,
  Graduate College of Marine and Earth Studies,
  Lewes, Delaware USA
• Delaware Center for the Inland Bays,
  Rehoboth, Delaware USA
• 3 Department of Agriculture and Natural
  Resources, Delaware State University, Dover,
  Delaware USA

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• Nutrient eutrophication
• agriculture suburbanization

• Declining water quality
• species diversity habitat loss

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Shellfish Field Research Demonstration
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Oyster Gardening Overview
Why Supply oysters for restoration/stock
enhancement Citizen
involvement and education Applied research
demonstration
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Oyster Gardening Locations
2003 2004 21 volunteers _at_ 15
locations 2005 48 volunteers _at_ 29
locations 2006 72 volunteers _at_ 49
locations 2007 150 volunteers _at_ 105
locations 2008 170 volunteers _at_ 115 locations
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Partnerships
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Email address
 
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Fenwick Island, Delaware
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Source Govt. of British Columbia

• Hold oysters for two seasons to promote
  natural spawning

• Utilize rip rap as a base for oysters vs
  artificial reef

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2007 Remote Setting of Oyster Larvae
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Little Assawoman Bay September 2008
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Education Outreach
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Summary

• Promote Natural Recruitment

• Continue Stocking Rip Rap

• Network of Monitoring Sites

• Remote Setting Operation

• Setting options

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Delaware Center for the Inland Bays Oyster
Gardeners
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Acknowledgements
THANKS