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 ...

In Australia, shellfish reef restoration projects are helping to recover degraded coastal systems and enhance fish habitat, but much more research is needed to support and evaluate these efforts, ...

Researchers at UNC Wilmington are working to support North Carolina's growing shellfish industry. Oyster populations have declined due to unsustainable harvesting, development, and disease. Scientists ...

South Australians are being invited to enjoy local seafood, recycle their shells and help build new shellfish reefs, with a statewide initiative turning oyster, mussel and scallop shells into vital ...

Shellfish beds or reefs, formed by mussels and oysters, have declined worldwide. Sterre Witte, who conducted her PhD research at the NIOZ Coastal Systems department, investigated how we can counteract ...

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina’s coastal marshes are some of the most productive ecosystems on the planet. But they’re also disappearing. On Kiawah Island, a group of volunteers took on ...

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