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W.E.T. News and Articles of Interest
April 2010
Wayfarer Environmental Technology begins installation of an initial OysterBreak in the Vermillion Bay at the Rockefeller Refuge in Louisiana. |
August 2009
Oysters Are on the Rebound in the Chesapeake Bay (The New York Times) – After decades of overharvesting of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay and many fruitless efforts to replenish them, scientists have re-established a significant population of the shellfish along the Virginia shore. | more
May 2009
The Bay Journal report: Asian Oyster too risky (Bay Journal) – Introduction of Asian Oyster to Chesapeake to be pulled by the end of May. | more
Bay monitoring program may lose some funding (Bay Journal) – Funds may be transferred to monitoring rivers and streams in the watershed. | more
Bay health receives a C- (Bay Journal) – Project finds that best areas are getting better while worst areas are getting worse. | more
April 2009
Wayfarer Environmental Technologies receives grant from The Nature Conservancy – Wayfarer Environmental Technologies has been awarded a grant from The Nature Conservancy to study the utilization of oyster reefs for shoreline protection in Vermillion Bay, LA.
May 2008
Reports reveal a degraded Chesapeake despite restoration efforts (Bay Journal) – Helped by dry conditions, Bay earns a C- on 2007 Report Card, up from a D+ in 2006. | more
Bay grasses expanded 10% in 2007; low-salinity areas had greatest increase (Bay Journal) – Drought — and resulting clearer waters — credited with gains. | more
VA, MD slash female blue crab harvest 34% (Bay Journal) – Winter dredge survey and near-recoard harvests alarm scientist, fisheries managers. | more
April 2008
Green Fund – In the November 2007 Special Session, the Maryland General Assembly passes a budget bill that provides dedicated funding to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay 2010 Trust Fund offers a yearly amount of $50 million. | pdf notice | related link