Oyster Buyback Program Re-Seeds Bivalves to Edgartown Great Pond
Oysters to be re-seeded in the Slough Cove section of the Edgartown Great Pond.
Oysters to be re-seeded in the Slough Cove section of the Edgartown Great Pond.
Partnership is between The Nature Conservancy and the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group.
Partnership is between The Nature Conservancy and the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group.
The nationwide buy-back program is known as SOAR (Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration).
The nationwide buy-back program is known as SOAR (Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration).
As demand dwindled, the oysters grew too large and gnarled for raw bars.
As demand dwindled, the oysters grew too large and gnarled for raw bars.
The program provides benefits beyond pond health.
The program provides benefits beyond pond health.
Boze Hancock is a marine biologist for The Nature Conservancy.
Boze Hancock is a marine biologist for The Nature Conservancy.
“It’s so exciting for us, because we do so much work to put oysters into Edgartown Great Pond,” said shellfish group executive director Emma Green-Beach.
“It’s so exciting for us, because we do so much work to put oysters into Edgartown Great Pond,” said shellfish group executive director Emma Green-Beach.
Alley McConnell.
Alley McConnell.
Shellfish Group's John Morris tips the oyters back into the pond.
Shellfish Group's John Morris tips the oyters back into the pond.
Jason Mallory works for the Edgartown Shellfish depratment.
Jason Mallory works for the Edgartown Shellfish depratment.
Oysterman Scott Castro unloaded his truck of oysters.
Oysterman Scott Castro unloaded his truck of oysters.
An innovative partnership between The Nature Conservancy and the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group provides a new home for 200,000 overgrown oysters.