Oyster setting tanks at the University of Maryland Horn Point Environmental Laboratory on the Choptank River

Oyster setting tanks at the University of Maryland Horn Point Environmental Laboratory on the Choptank River. Used by the Oyster Recovery Partnership, oyster larvae are placed in these tanks for two days, allowing them to set on shells where they stay and continue to grow for the rest of their lives.

Photo Category: Coastline - Chesapeake Bay Maryland
Photo Location: Maryland, Horn Point Environmental Laboratory
Photo Date: 1999 July 13