Relief Effort Sees Oysters Thriving In Chesapeake Bay After Freshwater Threat

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Between the Key Bridge and Fort Carroll Island, there is a man-made oyster reef that was laid down in 2017 by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
The reef was made using old oyster shells to carry three million baby oysters called spat, into the Patapsco River.
Almost microscopically small, multiple spat attach to each shell. A survey in November found that 82 percent were still alive.
“We were pleasantly surprised,” said Allison Colden, CBF’s Marine Fisherie