Oysters in Raritan Bay

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by NoLimit

Probably do but it must be pretty rare. Clams are in mud and are mobile. Oysters are anchored like mussels. All these bivalves filter water and there are tons of them already. Be skeptical of anyone wanting to ban harvesting of anything in the bay.

To clarify, I am not against harvesting. I just believe they should be given the proper amount of time to reproduce and become plentiful. It would be hard for them to get a foothold in the bay nowadays with people harvesting a bunch before that point.

If we could grow our oyster population to become as plentiful as they once were we could open a whole new economic opportunity for fisherman, however we should give them a chance before we swoop in and take them all.