Better fishing is the end goal for this oyster habitat program

Coastal Conservation Association Maryland, approaches 10 years of reef ball deployment

By Jake Solyst |
Overhead view of dozens of concrete reef balls on a barge.
Reef balls await deployment at Noah's Reef, named for Broadneck resident Noah Anderson, who passed away at age 14 in 2019, on the Magothy River in Anne Arundel County, Md., on March 17, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Coastal Conservation Association Maryland)
Reef ball after being taken out of the water is covered in oysters and muck.
Oyster reef balls lifted from a deployment site at Chesapeake Beach, Md., show the accumulation of oysters and other wildlife. (Photo courtesy of Coastal Conservation Association Maryland)

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