Part II of II: Local Oyster Growers Gather for First Annual 'Oyster Flotilla' on The South River
Patch joined the South River Federation at the oyster sanctuary in Glebe Bay as the river's oyster growers gather to distribute this years ’crop’ into the bay.
The South River Federation's oyster growers deliver their oysters—grown as part of the Maryland Grows Oysters program—to Glebe Bay. This is a continuation of Monday's story found here. After arriving at the sanctuary late in the afternoon, it wasn’t long before a few boats made their way to the reef as well. A regular volunteer with SRF, Lee Ann Candon and her Selby Bay neighbors, Becky Fitzsimmons, Emily and Brooke Szachnowicz trolled with three buckets of oysters ready to add to the reef. Candon, who has been helping to organize the oyster growing effort in her neighborhood since the program came to the South River in 2010, said that Emily and Brooke, both 14 have participated in the program before but this was the first time they were …
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