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Clouds Over Oyster Boom in Chesapeake Bay Region

Don Rush

The oyster population has seen a boom over the last few years, but the potential for the destructive Dermo and MSX diseases lurk behind the good numbers. In our weekly series with the Bay Journal Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talks with associate editor and senior writer Tim Wheeler about what this could mean.

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.