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Committee urges inventory before fossil shell extraction at Craney/Caney Island

Marine Resources Commission Shellfish Management Advisory Committee · January 29, 2026
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SMAC members discussed extracting fossil shell at Craney/Caney Island before planned port expansion covers the deposit, urging better inventory and coordinated mobilization to ensure multi-year supply planning and budget alignment.

Committee members and VIMS representatives raised the need to inventory buried fossil shell before planned port expansion potentially covers known deposits off Craney/Caney Island.

Andrew (VMRC staff) told the committee that a fossil-shell site off Craney Island could be covered within roughly 10 years if Army Corps plans for a shipping terminal proceed, and that VMRC has permits to begin extracting fossil shell. "We…

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