Baltimore ramping up oyster restoration efforts in the Inner Harbor, Patapsco River

BALTIMORE, Maryland ( WJZ ) — The Baltimore Oyster Partnership, a joint initiative between the Waterfront Partnership’s Healthy Harbor Initiative and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, announced plans to expand oyster restoration efforts in Baltimore Harbor and the Patapsco River on Tuesday.

The partnership has a new goal of planting 5 million oysters in the Baltimore Harbor by 2030.

The announcement builds on Maryland’s growing oyster restoration success, as the state’s oyster population has more than tripled in the past two decades.

“Oysters are a vital species in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, they are critical water filters provide habitat for other marine life. They are shoreline protection, and oysters are central to the base fishing industry and local heritage,” Carmera Thomas-Wilhi