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Oyster Farm Unlikely to Have Substantial Impact on Drakes Estero Ecosystem


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Un-shucked oysters. Photo courtesy of Matthew Hickey

May 5, 2009 -- A new report from the National Research Council finds a lack of evidence that the current level of oyster farming has major adverse effects on the ecosystem of Drakes Estero -- a body of water north of San Francisco within Point Reyes National Seashore. Furthermore, National Park Service reports never achieved a rigorous and balanced synthesis of the impacts from oyster farming in the estero.


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