Oysters in Raritan Bay

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by NoLimit

Can someone explain how oysters are going to have any appreciable effect on major storm swells? I dont see that happening. Also, like anything else, there are sustainable levels of any population. There is no reason why some cant be harvested.

^See Gerry's response about the storm swells, they're very helpful for that. In addition, yes a reasonable amount of oysters could be harvested, but because the population was so low it's going to take time for that population to be rebuilt. This is an excerpt from the article linked above..

"The two reefs at the naval station are the only oyster reefs on the New Jersey side of Raritan Bay, according to Comi.......Experimental oyster reefs are generally banned in New Jersey over worries that oysters raised in contaminated waters will accidentally end up in the food supply. "

So while we are making progress with oysters reproducing naturally, we are far from being ready to harvest them in any kind of real numbers. It'd be way better to leave them alone and let them clean our polluted waters and help protect our coastlines.