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![[Oyster Gardening - For Restoration & Education]](../images/garden.gif)
As a participant in the program, you will start with young oysters, called seed or spat, that have been spawned and reared in a hatchery.
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This program employs the "Taylor float" which suspends the oysters in a wire mesh basket near the surface. This system provides specific advantages for the oysters:
![[sketch of the taylor float]](../images/taylor_float.gif)
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This page was last modified Wednesday, 25-Aug-1999 13:23:27 EDT
The Oyster Gardening Program is a cooperative effort of the Oyster Alliance
Chesapeake Bay Foundation ~ Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science ~ Oyster Recovery Partnership
This page is part of the Maryland Sea Grant Oyster web site.
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