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DEP Oyster Restoration Research Project Head of Bay, Jamaica Bay

John McLaughlin

Managing Director, Office of Ecosystem Services, Green Infrastructure and Research

Jamaica Bay Task Force Meeting

November 16, 2016

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• Initial Site Surveys and Mappingo Bottom Typeo Benthic Community Analysis

Characterize Project Area

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Hydrodynamics (ADCP)

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Oyster Nursery

• Oyster Aquaculture

• 900 foot longline

• 300 Cages

• 50,000 Oysters

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Oyster Nursery

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Oyster Nursery

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Oyster Beds

Four Reefs (10m x 50m)

Reef Base Construction

o 700 yards of clean clam shells

o 180 yards of porcelain

o 50 yards of oyster shells

Reef height ranges from 6” to 2’

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700 CY’s of Clam Shell

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Reuse of Crushed Porcelain

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Construction

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Construction

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Monitoring

• Reef Monitoring (2017 and 2018)

o Diver Quadrat Sampling

o Oyster Tong Sampling

• Settlement - Spat Collectors (2016, 2017, 2018)

o 30 sites

o No recruitment on Spat Collectors in 2016

• Oyster Condition and Disease (2016, 2017,2018)

• Fluorometry (2017, 2018)