Oyster Buyback Program Re-Seeds Bivalves to Edgartown Great Pond
Oysters to be re-seeded in the Slough Cove section of the Edgartown Great Pond.Ray Ewing
Partnership is between The Nature Conservancy and the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group.Ray Ewing
The nationwide buy-back program is known as SOAR (Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration).Ray Ewing
As demand dwindled, the oysters grew too large and gnarled for raw bars.Ray Ewing
The program provides benefits beyond pond health.Ray Ewing
Boze Hancock is a marine biologist for The Nature Conservancy.Ray Ewing
“It’s so exciting for us, because we do so much work to put oysters into Edgartown Great Pond,” said shellfish group executive director Emma Green-Beach.Ray Ewing
Alley McConnell.Ray Ewing
Shellfish Group's John Morris tips the oyters back into the pond.Ray Ewing
Jason Mallory works for the Edgartown Shellfish depratment.Ray Ewing
Oysterman Scott Castro unloaded his truck of oysters.Ray Ewing
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