clamchucker
03-27-2010, 04:28 PM
This was published last year by www.NJ.com (http://www.NJ.com)
I thought they did a good job covering the topic and hope they have great success. There is a video of what they are doing when you go to the link below.
http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/2009/10/bringing_shellfish_back_to_bar.html
Bringing shellfish back to Barnegat Bay
Posted by Andre Malok/The Star-Ledger (http://connect.nj.com/user/amalok/index.html) on October 15, 2009 at 05:21 PM
Human activities over the past 50 plus years has degraded Barnegat Bay and much of the shellfish living in it. Loss of wetlands due to development, over fertilizing, pet waste, chemically treated lumber among other things have had a cumulative effect on the health of the bay. The Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program is a partnership with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The program hopes to replenish some of the clams and oysters as well as educate people about the causes of the conditions of this delicate ecosystem. This season, volunteers of reclamthebay.org are re-introducing more than 2.5 million native clams in hope that a naturally reproducing shellfish population can return once again. (Video by Andre Malok/The Star-Ledger)
I thought they did a good job covering the topic and hope they have great success. There is a video of what they are doing when you go to the link below.
http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/2009/10/bringing_shellfish_back_to_bar.html
Bringing shellfish back to Barnegat Bay
Posted by Andre Malok/The Star-Ledger (http://connect.nj.com/user/amalok/index.html) on October 15, 2009 at 05:21 PM
Human activities over the past 50 plus years has degraded Barnegat Bay and much of the shellfish living in it. Loss of wetlands due to development, over fertilizing, pet waste, chemically treated lumber among other things have had a cumulative effect on the health of the bay. The Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program is a partnership with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The program hopes to replenish some of the clams and oysters as well as educate people about the causes of the conditions of this delicate ecosystem. This season, volunteers of reclamthebay.org are re-introducing more than 2.5 million native clams in hope that a naturally reproducing shellfish population can return once again. (Video by Andre Malok/The Star-Ledger)