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New Report Finds Overharvesting Could Endanger Oysters in Bay

Don Rush

A report by the Maryland Department of the Environment and the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science finds that overharvesting could lead to wiping out the oyster populations in parts of the Maryland side of the bay. Timothy Wheeler is associate editor and senior writer for the Bay Journal. We talke with him about the implications of the new report.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.