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

Today, 25 volunteers, including Tampa Bay 28 meteorologists, Jason Adams, met up at Tampa Bay Watch in Tierra Verde to make oyster reef balls. These balls create artificial reefs that do several ...

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Oyster reefs in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon are showing signs of recovery after decades of damage from overharvesting, pollution, and boat activity, which wiped out more than half of the habitat.

Chad Hanson remembers a time, not so long ago, when driving on a bridge across Florida’s Apalachicola Bay meant witnessing an astounding sight. “You’d see just boats lined up along the reefs and ...

SAN ANTONIO – One man’s trash is giving an entire ecosystem a second chance. Oyster shells that would normally be discarded in San Antonio are now being collected to help restore threatened oyster ...

Hong Kong's oyster reefs, almost decimated by over a century of dredging and land reclamation, are being restored by scientists. They're rebuilding the reefs by placing sacks of recycled oyster shells ...

Nine shellfish aquaculture producers deployed about 435,000 baby oysters across two restoration reef sites in the Barnegat and Great Bay region in November as part of an ongoing conservation ...

Alabama will close the books Tuesday on its worst wild oyster season since 2017. The Marine Resources Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently announced that ...

An artificial reef in Georgia's Romerly Marsh Creek was enhanced with 60 concrete pyramids to improve biodiversity and fishing. The project is a collaboration between state agencies and a concrete ...

Once you've shucked and slurped oysters out of their shells, it doesn't feel quite right to dump the iridescent beauties into the garbage can, later crushed and incinerated among all of the other ...

South Australians are suddenly hearing a lot about oyster reefs—from government, on the news and in conversations, both online and in person. It's not accidental. Reefs formed by native oysters, ...