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Listen to PDE’s Science Director, Danielle Kreeger on WHYY! Danielle was part of an expert panel with David Bushek on a radio program called, “Delaware Bay Oysters, A Quiet Resurgence”, on Sept. 9th, 2013. (Picutre credit WHYY)

Delaware Bay Oysters: A Quiet Resurgence

2011 Shellfish Priorities Report

2011 Shellfish Priorities Report

2011 Shellfish Priorities Report

The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary collaborated with Rutgers University’s Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory in 2011 to study strategies benefiting marine shellfish. Their shared goal was to identify the best ways to protect, enhance, and restore their populations, and to prioritize where experts should employ these tactics. Please download the study now for further details.

This report was funded by The Nature Conservancy with a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, as well as through the National Estuary Program administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

More Information

For more information on the Delaware Bay Oyster Restoration Project, please read our brochure and 2008 update (PDF files). You can also contact Dr. David Bushek of Rutgers University’s Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory at (856) 785-0074, extension 4327. For more insight into the history of Delaware Bay oysters, please read PDE’s spring 2005 issue of Estuary News, as well as our oyster fact sheet (PDF files).