BIOL 488: Strategies for oyster restoration and potential effects on both mollusk and public health

Oyster restoration has become increasingly more common in the hopes of bettering water quality and declining oyster populations (Peyre and Brown 2014). The Chesapeake Bay watershed has contributed a great deal to the increase in oyster restoration efforts (Brumbaugh et al. 2000). However, there has been a strongly documented increase in marine disease, with mollusks being heavily affected (Harvell et al. 2004). Because of this, diseases and illnesses due to seafood consumption have become a serious issue in the last few decades (Hosomi et al. 2012).