The nursery at SUNY Maritime College is an exciting partnership. The college graciously hosts and supports the maintenance of dozens of oyster trays beneath their pier, providing thriving habitat below.
YEAR INSTALLED
2019
NYC BOROUGH
Bronx
WATERWAY
East River
FUNDING
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
“The SUNY Maritime College oyster nursery is a unique site. Not only does it have Empire State VI, a 565-foot training vessel, sitting right in front of the nursery allowing us to admire it while we work, but it also has a long row of 79 super tray stacks filled with oysters! In 2019, we installed 1.7 million spat-on-shell at this site and we are incredibly excited to see how well our oysters thrive here and to develop an even closer relationship with SUNY Maritime College.”
— Tatiana Castro, Restoration Field Coordinator