Hungry for oysters? Your discarded shells can help restore Tampa Bay reefs

The conveyor belt of volunteers stands in ankle-deep water, passing mesh bags full of emptied oyster shells. The regulars ...
Civil Eats

Shell or High Water: Rebuilding Oyster Reefs Is a Climate Solution

On a recent spring evening at Crave Fishbar in New York City, the oysters resting on beds of ice hailed from Long Island, Virginia, Washington, Cape Cod, and British Columbia. But once they’d been ...
Science Friday

Using Oyster Shell Reefs To Counter Sea Level Rise In Louisiana

Volunteers for the Coalition for Coastal Louisiana stack bags of recycled oyster shells along the shoreline on September 20th, 2024. The reef will grow and and continue protecting the land from ...
The Garden Island

CRITTER: Pu shell, the protector of our coral reefs

I was scuba diving one day off our North Shore at about 60 feet deep, when I came upon an amazing sight and shot a video of a bright red cushion sea star. A luncheon on Saturday marked the completion ...
app.com

Lakewood company partners with NJ to recycle shell for new oyster reefs

A new collaboration between food distribution company Sysco and New Jersey officials aims to grow new oyster reefs around the Jersey Shore. Sysco will work with many of the 800 restaurants in the ...
The Conversation

How a filmmaker, a pile of old shells and a bunch of amateurs are bringing our oyster reefs back

Dominic McAfee receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Craig Copeland is the Founder and CEO of not-for-profit charity OzFish Unlimited. OzFish receives funding from the BCF Boating, ...
Long Island Press

Restaurants help rebuild Manhasset Bay reefs through oyster shell donation

Oyster shells from local restaurants in the Town of North Hempstead will soon help fuel a growing marine restoration movement on Long Island as officials expand oyster gardening and shell recycling ...