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

Pioneering scheme hopes species that thrived for thousands of years in Irish waters can do so again ...

ROY HOWARD COMMUNITY JOURNALISM CENTER-Mississippi is leading by example when it comes to the future of seafood farming in ...

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Coastal communities are using nature to clean the ocean and combat rising sea levels. Their secret weapon: oyster shells. "One of my personal statements is, I joke, I'm trying to ...

The Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club reported that the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) is working to study, protect ...

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.

Today, 25 volunteers, including Tampa Bay 28 meteorologists, Jason Adams, met up at Tampa Bay Watch in Tierra Verde to make ...

On Dec. 5, the UN recognized the restoration of Australia's shellfish reefs as a World Restoration Flagship, acknowledged for its Indigenous and local leadership together with The Nature Conservancy ...

It's hoped that the project will help restore the native oyster reefs which disappeared more than 100 years ago.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has secured $8.2 million to restore oyster reefs. The project will involve constructing up to six new oyster reefs in the bays of the Mission-Aransas Estuary.

Oyster reefs provide essential coastal ecosystem services, acting as natural breakwaters, enhancing water quality via filtration and supporting biodiversity through complex habitat structures. Over ...