In the 80s, 90s and early 2000s, the Chesapeake Bay was so polluted that fish and oyster populations were almost gone. In 2008, environmentalists were divided on how to fix the bay. Some demanded widespread seeding of sterile imported oysters to deal with worsening water quality that was wiping out aquatic life in the bay. Adding the imported oysters could slowly filter and clean the bay water. Others warned that this could be a disaster because a few of the imported oysters would be fertile and might proliferate, forcing out the last of the Eastern oysters or interbreeding with the native species. (Source: © 1999-2020 National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, University at Buffalo.)

If local officials decide to place imported oysters in bay, how could this change the capacity of the bay to support human activity?