ANNAPOLIS –The fruit of a third of the work done by state agencies, organizations and fisheries to restore the oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay is being stolen through illegal harvesting, according to biologists who research oyster beds in the bay
Citations for 2008-2010
2008 2009 2010
Oyster Citations 165 187 76
Non-Tidal Fishing Citations 553 547 739
Tidal Fishing Citations 1,598 1,103 1,162