Oyster Aquaculture Impacts

By |2021-04-05T21:05:52-04:00February 4th, 2020|Categories: CRC Newsletter, Estuarine Processes, Feb 2020, Living Resources, Member and Partner News, VIMS|

Study from VIMS finds Minimal Water Quality Impacts from Oyster Aquaculture   Expanding oyster aquaculture operations in the Chesapeake Bay have raised concerns about the impacts of the industry to the watershed, from enriched sediment nutrients to viewshed concerns. Researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), however, found that oyster farms in the lower [...]