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Oyster fans enjoy a boat ride and lunch provided by WaterMark to celebrate the start of Operation Build-A-Reef, which planted 50 million oyster spat-on-shell to restore oyster reefs in the Severn River.
Operation Build-A-Reef is a partnership between the Oyster Recovery Partnership, the Severn River Association, Department of Natural Resources and WaterMark.