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Oyster Bay

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Oyster Bay uninc. area (1990 pop. 6,687) of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau co., SE N.Y., on N Long Island, on Long Island Sound; settled 1653. It is chiefly residential. Nearby is Theodore Roosevelt 's estate, "Sagamore Hill," which was made a national shrine in 1953 and a national historic site in 1963. Also of interest in Oyster Bay are several 18th-century homes and the Theodore Roosevelt memorial bird sanctuary (owned by the National Audubon Society), which adjoins Roosevelt's grave. ... Read more
oyster
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...outlines and a rough outer surface. Since the oyster spends most of its life (except for the free-swimmi...consumed by fish and other animals. After the oyster becomes sessile, it is victimized by oyster drills, starfish, and other enemies. Most species... Read more
Bay of Biscay
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...d'Ouessant) off Brittany, NW France, to Cape Ortegal, NW Spain. The bay is noted for its sudden, severe storms and its strong currents...several resorts along the French coast, notably Biarritz. The bay has important fishing and oyster grounds. Read more

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CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTERS MAYBE LOOKING UP.(LOCAL)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 4/23/1998; 424 words ; ...Chesapeake Bay more than four centuries ago. Now bay oyster reefs are scarce. Bay oysters, too. But a news story on Monday by staff writer Scott Harper suggests that cautious hope for a Bay oyster revival may not be misplaced. Demand for Chesapeake... Read more
Report Backs Testing Sterile Asian Oysters in Chesapeake Bay.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/15/2003; 700+ words ; ...scientific report on the Chesapeake Bay's oyster crisis released yesterday calls...course of action. The Chesapeake Bay oyster, or Crassostrea virginica, has...non-reproducing Asian oysters in the lower bay. Those oysters would be raised in a carefully... Read more
Chesapeake Notebook: Help Bay Foundation with oyster gardening
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 8/25/2006; ; 468 words ; The Chesapeake Bay's oyster, Crassostrea virginica...Foundation sponsors in-the-bay restoration efforts to bring back the oyster. Oysters form large reefs...need to help return native oysters to the bay. Workshops in the Annapolis... Read more
OYSTER'S RECOVERY WILL BENEFIT BAY REGION.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 4/12/1996; 383 words ; ...contributed to the decline of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, including disease, destruction...several vital roles in the Bay. The oyster was historically the dominant...long-term benefits of an improving oyster population in the Bay could be great. The Chesapeake... Read more
Ralph C. Hammer, 92, expert on bay's oyster population.
Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD); 6/21/2006; 700+ words ; ...efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay's dwindling oyster population, died of Alzheimer...sounding the alarm on the Chesapeake Bay's oyster woes when he told The Evening...ambassador of the Chesapeake Bay and an oyster expert who went all over the... Read more
Beneath the Bay, Signs of Resurgence; Oyster Increase Brings Guarded Hope
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/18/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...pleased to be out on Chesapeake Bay. For he is harvesting oysters, a catch depressingly rare in...For the first time since the bay's oyster population crashed more than...the diseases swept through the bay's oyster bars. The oyster population... Read more
NATIVE OYSTERS WILL SAVE THE BAY.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 12/2/2003; 700+ words ; ...for growing these non-native oysters. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation supports this test...are efforts to return native oysters to the Bay and to market. I have worked...Just as the decline of the Bay's oyster population occurred over many... Read more
BEST HOPE FOR THE BAY? IMPORTED OYSTERS HOLD MORE PROMISE THAN NATIVE SPECIES TO THRIVE IN THE CHESAPEAKE, SAYS STATE RESTORATION CHIEF.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/30/2002; 700+ words ; ...revive the decimated Chesapeake Bay oyster. In 1993, Wesson won approval...working. ``There's probably less oysters in the Bay today than when we started in...Asia. In limited tests in the Bay, the Suminoe oyster, also known as the Chinese oyster... Read more
Killing Maryland's Oysters; Bay Politics and Traditions Die Hard, Fisheries Die Easily
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/29/1987; ; 700+ words ; MARYLAND'S Chesapeake Bay oyster fishery, once the nation...who claimed that the bay was an open range and oyster hunters were only exercising...and pleaded for the oystermen themselves to take responsibility...for returning to the bay what they took out... Read more
CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTERS IRON-MAN OYSTERS, MAYBE.(COMMENTARY)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/6/1997; 388 words ; The glory days of Chesapeake Bay oystering are long gone. Parasites and overharvesting decimated the oysters. Bay oystermen, once a sizable force, become...resist parasites, they could help Bay oystering rebound during the 21st century... Read more

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