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Page 4 of 4 <br /> Before rettu-ning <br /> the samples to the muck, Wilgis held out a hefty,jagged clump of <br /> different-sized oyster shells. <br /> For the most <br /> part,population numbers from Dick's Bay have been promising. According to <br /> monitoring data,the number of oysters on all but one of the newly created <br /> reefs is equal to or greater.than those in the reference reef- evident as the <br /> tide rolls out to reveal hundreds of brown,rocky oyster shells. <br /> "When we <br /> laid the shell, it looked like a moonscape compared to this," Wilgis said, <br /> surveying the craggy landscape."We're very excited." <br /> GEORGE ZOTO,PHD.I Bureau of Resource <br /> p n Protection Massac usetts Department o Environmental Protection <br /> Georg e.Zoto(cbstate.ma.us:508-946-2820(W,Fri)I F: <br /> 508-946-6557 1 Cape Office:508-277-1661 (M,T,Th) <br /> Follow MassDEP on <br /> Twitter twitter.com/MassDEP <br /> Subscribe to the MassDEP <br /> e-newsletter: mass.gov/dep/public/publications/enews.htm <br /> Visit our web site: mass.gov/dep <br /> 3/19/2012 <br />