Oyster Hatchery On Track For Record Year

• Donald Meritt

CAMBRIDGE, Md. (WUSA) - The Chesapeake Bay Oyster is a regional favorite that's been loved almost to extinction.

But this year, the largest oyster hatchery on the East Coast is on track to produce a record number of baby oysters - or spat.
A tour of the University of Maryland's Horn Point Lab Oyster Hatchery in Cambridge shows the robust production.