Several years ago, Calvert County Watermen’s Association members began receiving technical support from Morgan State University’s Estuarine Research Center and other entities to farm oysters in the Patuxent River, a Chesapeake tributary. These Maryland watermen and others are interested in growing oysters in Chesapeake Bay to help restore the formerly abundant resource, currently at one percent of its historic level. In December 2010, CCWA members harvested their first farmed oysters. Other growers are interested in developing cage culture. Once these efforts were underway and expanding, TerrAqua and Ocean Equities provided marketing assistance. Our first step evaluated how and to what extent the growers can successfully raise and market oysters—the costs, the potential income and the regional market potential of different growing and marketing options—in a tailored, easy-to-understand guide. (For a copy of the executive summary, click here.) Our second step, additional funding permitting, will be to take growers to other commercial growing operations, and provide growers market access beyond their current networks. Funded by grants from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) and the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission, with in-kind assistance from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Maryland Sea Grant.