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Maritime Aquarium launches shoreline oyster-restoration pilot with Norwalk Shellfish Commission support
Summary
The Maritime Aquarium will run a shoreline oyster nursery pilot at Vets Park and comparison sites this spring in partnership with Cops Island Oysters and Norwalk schools. The Shellfish Commission agreed to be listed as a project partner and to provide a formal endorsement letter.
The Maritime Aquarium will begin a shoreline oyster-restoration pilot in Norwalk this spring, aiming to establish small oyster nurseries at Vets Park and comparison sites at Betts Park, Calf Pasture and Long Beach, Grace, an associate project manager in the Aquarium’s conservation department, told the Norwalk Shellfish Commission on Feb. 5.
The commission voted to allow the Aquarium to list the Shellfish Commission as a partner in project documentation to the Bureau of Aquaculture and approved drafting a formal endorsement letter. "We are…
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