{"id":12046,"date":"2016-11-22T09:11:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=12046"},"modified":"2016-11-22T16:18:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T21:18:56","slug":"recreational-oyster-season-continues-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/11\/22\/recreational-oyster-season-continues-in-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreational Oyster Season Continues in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8656\/16459336930_342186d16d_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"272\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p>Did you know that you can harvest fresh Maryland oysters right from the Chesapeake Bay in time for Thanksgiving dinner? It\u2019s true; the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/Rec_Oysters.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">recreational oyster harvest season<\/a>\u00a0is now underway and Maryland residents can harvest up to one bushel of oysters a day each day now through <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">March 31, 2017<\/span><\/span>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chesapeake Bay is a treasure\u00a0trove of riches, accessible to all,\u201d said Fishing and Boating Services Director David Blazer. \u201cThrough recreational harvesting one can gain important insight into one of the bay\u2019s most iconic species, the oyster, and experience how and where oysters live and their economic and ecologic importance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recreational oystering doesn\u2019t require a state license or permit as long as the harvested oysters are for personal (noncommercial) use and meet the minimum size requirement of 3 inches\u00a0from hinge to bill. The oysters must be culled on the bar where they were caught and all undersized oysters and shell material must be returned to the bar.<\/p>\n<p>Recreational harvest may occur on the following days\/times by\u00a0diving, hand, rake or shaft tong:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Monday<\/span><\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Friday<\/span><\/span>: Sunrise through <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">3 p.m.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday<\/span><\/span>: Sunrise through <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">noon<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the health and safety as well as for the protection of Maryland\u2019s oysters, recreational oystering should only be done in approved and open shellfish areas and cannot take place within leased aquaculture, harvest reserve or sanctuary areas.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland Department of Environment is responsible for regulating shellfish harvesting areas and classifies approved, conditional or restricted areas. For more information, please visit the department\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mde.state.md.us\/programs\/Marylander\/CitizensInfoCenterHome\/Pages\/citizensinfocenter\/fishandshellfish\/harvesting_notices\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>\u00a0or call <a href=\"tel:800-541-1210\" target=\"_blank\">800-541-1210<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that you can harvest fresh Maryland oysters right from the Chesapeake Bay in time for Thanksgiving dinner? It\u2019s true; the\u00a0recreational oyster harvest season\u00a0is now underway and Maryland residents can harvest up to one bushel of oysters a day each day now through March 31, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12046"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12087,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12046\/revisions\/12087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}