Oyster cages are piled in the back of the new Electric Spat Mobile that will carry oysters and supplies. The Baltimore Oyster Partnership announces its goal to grow 5 million oysters in the Baltimore Harbor over the next five years. The initiative between the Waterfront Partnership’s Healthy Harbor Initiative and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation marks its 13th season by placing the first oyster spat of the 2025/2026 growing season into the Inner Harbor. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
The Baltimore Oyster Partnership launched its 13th season of oyster restoration with a splash — literally — at Harbor East Marina on Tuesday, and organizers announced a bold new goal: planting 5 million oysters in the Baltimore Harbor by 2030.