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The Virginia Fishery Resource Grant Program funded a two year grow-out trial to assess the
feasibility and economic activity associated with proposed introduction of non-native oysters in
Virginia's Chesapeake Bay waters. This paper summarizes the results of the trials which were
conducted to address two main objectives: determine the economic...