Publications & Reports

The following is a list of documents relating to oyster restoration and management in the Chesapeake Bay. You may need to download free Adobe Reader software to access some of these links.

• Maryland’s Best Oyster Bar Analysis Report
• Predicting Oyster Production
• Considerations for Shell Use in Oyster Rehabilitation
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fall Oyster Survey Reports
• National Research Council Report on Nonnative Oysters in Chesapeake Bay
• 2004 Chesapeake Bay Program Oyster Management Plan
• Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay Including the Use of a Native and/or Nonnative Oyster
• Evaluating Ecosystem Effects of Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay: A Report to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources
• Maryland's Historic Oyster Bottom: A Geographic Representation of the Traditional Named Oyster Bars
• Oyster Advisory Commission's 2008 Legislative Report
• Oyster Advisory Commission's 2007 Interim Report
• Maryland SeaGrant