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Old 12-10-2017, 12:40 PM
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Default Oysters in Raritan Bay

Great to have Oysters back in our waters...
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...ducing_na.html

At one time the Great Beds area in South Amboy was one of the largest Oyster beds in the east coast...
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Old 12-11-2017, 07:04 AM
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Default Re: Oysters in Raritan Bay

This is a worthy goal, and it would be nice to see funding.

The hudson river needs them back as well.
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Old 12-11-2017, 08:23 AM
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Pretty sure IFF had something to do with the Oysters going extinct.....
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Old 12-11-2017, 10:41 AM
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When can we start eating them?
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Old 12-11-2017, 10:55 AM
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Default Re: Oysters in Raritan Bay

I don't think they were ever completely gone really... I lived a few years in Union Beach in the early 80's and I remember there being oysters around when I used to dig for bait, or when walking around the exposed tidal zone during dead low tides... No big beds anywhere, but there were oysters of one type or another... bob

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Old 12-11-2017, 02:27 PM
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Default Re: Oysters in Raritan Bay

They do not want people to eat or harvest the oysters in Raritan Bay. That was and is the major stumbling block. They are there to clean up the water and maybe protect against storm surge.
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