Chesapeake: Can Oysters Save the Bay?

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(Earth Focus: Episode 65) After centuries of over harvesting and bouts of disease, oyster populations in the Chesapeake Bay plummeted along with profits for the oyster industry and the health of the Bay. In some areas, native oysters are becoming more abundant. But culture and ecology clash as watermen, who depend on harvesting oysters for income, are at odds with scientists and conservationists who want to restore oyster populations. Filmmaker Sandy Cannon-Brown looks at oysters and the people behind them in her new film Spat! Bringing Oysters Back to the Bay. An Earth Focus special presentation.