COLONIAL BEACH -- A committee will look at the Potomac River's dwindling oyster population.
The Potomac River Fisheries Commission decided to launch a study rather than create new harvest restrictions to protect the few oysters left in the Potomac. A moratorium also had been considered.
Disease has taken a toll on the Potomac oyster. Only 525 bushels of oysters were taken from the river this year.
The commission asked the study committee to submit its recommendations in June.
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