Oyster Gardening
All over Spa Creek home owners and businesses are oyster gardening. In September they picked up cages containing baby oysters from the pick-up point at the Annapolis Maritime Museum and floated them under their piers. Our hope is that the babies will grow to maturity all the while happily filtering the creek's water.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in partnership with several water steward organizations, is encouraging waterfront property owners to become oyster gardeners.
The purpose of these programs is to grow spat for one year and then plant them in sanctuary sites where the oysters enrich the local ecology.
Did you know that a mature oyster can filter as many as 60 gallons per day!
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