Nature Conservancy Project Reseeding Wild Oysters in Maine’s New Meadows River
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Press Herald] Kevin Miller - July 31, 2017
PHIPPSBURG — In a quiet tidal cove a few miles from Popham Beach, a team of biologists and fishermen are working to improve water quality and habitat by helping a popular delicacy gain a literal foothold in the muddy bottom.
The late-July sun was baking the air and mudflats as a team of workers dropped what looked like miniature, concrete castles into the receding waters of “The Basin” area of the New Meadows River. Although nearly impossible to see with the naked eye, untold thousands of oyster larvae were tucked into the nooks and crannies of the concrete contraptions, waiting for transplant into their new tidal home.
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