AAEC Oyster Project Team

Project Information

Alex Miller will be presenting "Economic Evaluation of the Nutrient Assimilation Potential for Commercial Oyster Aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bay" at the annual meeting of the Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association, January 10, 2009.

"Solutions Outside the Box Shine a Whole New Light on Bay Cleanup" Bay Journal, April 2008

Project Factsheet-PDF

Targeted Watershed Grant Announcement

Nutrient Offsets in Virginia: Update and Alternatives Analysis-PDF Presentation given by Kurt Stephenson at the Virginia Rural Water Association Conference, Williamsburg, March 18, 2008.

Nutrient Assimilation Credits: Opportunities to Expand Trading Beyond Source Reductions-PDF
Presentation given by Kurt Stephenson to the EPA Region 3 Nutrient Trading Workshop, Rockville MD, December 12, 2007.

Alternative Nonpoint Sources Trading
Partners-PDF
Presentation given by Kurt Stephenson the Nutrient Trading Workshop, Frederick Maryland, March 2007. Workshop sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Program and Chesapeake Bay Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee.

Oysters in the News

Consider the Oyster (and Ocean Farming), June 2009

Can Clam Aquaculture Improve Water Quality?

Virginia on the Half Shell, Hometown Mollusks Are Making a Name for Themselves, October 2008

Aquaculture Oysters Rated "Best Choice" as a sustainable seafood choice, September 2008

Maryland Governor O'Malley Promotes Oyster Aquaculture, August 2008

Hard-Shell Tactics, In Clean-Water Quest, Neighbors Become Oyster Ranchers,
July 2008

Future of Oystering in Virginia May Lie with Private Sector, June 2008

Putting Oysters Back in the Bay, Mollusks Will Help Filter Creek Water as They Grow, March 2008

Oyster Farmers Just Scratching Surface of Floating Hatcheries' Potential, February 2008

Maryland Panel Suggests Drastically Limiting Watermen's Harvests, Shifting to Shellfish Farms, January 2008

Mussel Power Can It Help Clean The Bay? October 2007

Oyster Aquaculture Viability Project, York River Project, October 2007

St. Mary's Backs Effort to Restore Water Quality, June 2007

Oysters as a Water Quality Management Option in Massachusetts, May 2006

Native Unmanaged Oysters and Chesapeake Bay Water Quality