A crane loads oyster shells onto a boat.
Brian Hite helps as crewmembers load recycled oysters onto the deck of the Poppa Francis at Horn Point Oyster Hatchery in Cambridge, Md., on July 18, 2022. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Aerial view of land jutting out into the water.
Tilghman Island and Harris Creek, right, are seen in Talbot County, Md., on June 5, 2018. Harris Creek is one of five tributaries chosen by the state of Maryland to be restored for oyster reef habitat following the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program with aerial support by Southwings)
Castle-shaped concrete blocks along a shoreline with oysters stuck to them.
Oyster castles placed near the mouth of Knitting Mill Creek on the Lafayette River help protect a natural shoreline from erosion in Norfolk, Va., on April 22, 2022. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

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