Hunting and Fishing News: Oyster Task Force Issues Funding Challenge

 
VINELAND, N.J. — The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary has issued a challenge for would-be sponsors to help fund the continued restoration of Delaware Bay oysters. This call to action came during the Rotary Club of Vineland New Jersey’s weekly luncheon at the Ramada of Vineland on Tuesday.

Jennifer Adkins, executive director of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, pledged $50,000 to the bi-state program if others would commit the additional $150,000 needed by April. Joining her were two fellow members of the Delaware Bay Oyster Restoration Task Force: Dr. Eric Powell, director of Rutgers University’s Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, and Robert Tudor, deputy executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission.