Inlet Shoaling Problem Continues To Cause Headache In OC

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Problems with sand plugging up the Ocean City Inlet have persisted for decades.
Sand build-up from erosion – a process known as “shoaling” – causes the navigable channels of the inlet and the back bays to become too shallow and narrow for commercial fishing vessels to use safely. Shoaling was once controllable with regular maintenance, but now the build-up happens faster.
“There’s billions of dollars (of state revenue) here,”