"Dancing Queen" > wrote:
> that is a very sad story, and one repeated waaaaay to often around the
> globw

Oysters are essentially gone from the Chesapeake Bay, once perhaps the
largest oyster source on the planet - the harvest is down to under 1% of
historic levels, with a collapse about 20 years ago:

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/dnrnews/i...04hseason.html

They are trying to do something about it, as discussed in the following
link, but I don't hold too much hope for it:

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/dnrnews/infocus/oysters.asp

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