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The Piankatank River: Oyster Restoration for Nature and People
Andy LacatellVirginia Chesapeake Bay Director
The Nature Conservancy
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Herodian Stones
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Thomas Downing, Oyster King of New York
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Piankatank Oyster Restoration– What’s the Problem?
Overharvesting – Loss of Habitat – Disease – Poor Water Quality
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Schulte DM (2017) Front. Mar. Sci. 4:127
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Schulte DM (2017) Front. Mar. Sci. 4:127
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Add Picture of Lower Piankatank River
The Piankatank“The Winding River”
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Insert Dragon Run Land protection map
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VIMS RECRUITMENT
Why the Piankatank?
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Bland Point Reef(1 acre, 2005)
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Piankatank Reefs Constructed (2014-2018)Reef Name (Year) AC (HA) Depth Substrate Volume Avg Ht CostFishing Point (‘14) 21.5 (8.6) 4’-14’ Crushed Concrete (2”-6”) 9,000 tons 6”-12” $500,000Iron Point (‘15) 3.5 (1.4) 4’-14’ 90% Granite/10% Concrete 3,500 tons 6”-12” (part of above)Burton Point (‘17) 25.0 (10.1) 10’-16’ Crushed Granite (8”-14”) 24,500 tons 12”-18” $2,083,0004 Sites (‘18) 15.0 (7) 6’-10’ Crushed Granite (2”) 3,7500 tons 3” $200,000
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Piankatank River
Employed the use of “Clamvision” for tracking placement by the contractor.
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“Granny Smith Apple” is a juvenile, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that was incidentally caught off Buckroe Fishing Pier by a recreational fisherman on May 2nd, 2017. Initially, the turtle had the hook in its mouth, but while being lifted by a net onto the pier, the turtle spit the hook out and the hook became lodged in the turtle’s left front flipper. The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response staff admitted “Granny” to the Marine Animal Care Center and were able to remove the hook from the left front flipper without complication…“Granny Smith Apple” is outfitted with a satellite tag and was released from 47th Street at the oceanfront in Virginia Beach, VA on May 5th, 2017.
Virginia Beach
Piankatank Reef Project
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Forage fishes schooling
• 2513 fish caught in 84 gill net sets• 31 fish species, 24 families
• Richness– Reef = 23 (7 unique)– Off-reef = 20 (4 unique)– Outside = 16 (1 unique)
Fish Utilization of Restored Reefs
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Overarching GoalsPiankatank: 428 AC
currently 253 AC meet metrics
Sustainable Reef Self-sustaining Population
Restored Tributary
Restored Chesapeake Bay