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At
a previous meeting this year (2011) the BBG members present voted to purchase a Buoyant Oyster
Cultivation System (BOCS) cage in coordination with the Town-sponsored
Chesapeake Beach Oyster Cultivation Society (CBOCS). On September
17, approximately 65,000 oysters received their first taste of the Bay's
bounty in Fishing Creek, where the spat (baby oysters) will grow for the
next 9 months until large enough to plant on nearby oyster beds.
About 35 people turned out and made short work of putting the spat that
we received from Johnny Oysterseed and the Marylanders Grow Oysters (MGO)
program into 12 BOCSes including our BBG cage and deploying them under
the Railway Trail boardwalk. The next time you have a chance to
take a stroll on the Trailway boardwalk, take a look at the cages that
are attached "under the boardwalk."
Shown
here is one of the BOCS cages attached to a portion of the Railway
Trail boardwalk -- one of 24 installed during September 2011.
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