Why is it important to restore oysters in Florida?
From building oyster reefs to establishing the largest successful eelgrass restoration effort in the world, we’re putting science to work in Virginia’s coastal bays. Oysters are vital in filtering Florida’s water and stabilizing coastlines.
How are oysters helping to restore the Chesapeake Bay?
We’re collaborating with oyster farmers to study how growing oysters can benefit people and nature. Aggressive oyster reef restoration efforts are bringing a vital natural and economic resource back to Virginia waters. Can oyster aquaculture help make the Chesapeake Bay cleaner, faster?
How are oyster shells used in oyster restoration?
Through CBF’s Save Oyster Shell recycling program, individuals and restaurants donate empty shells to be used in a variety of oyster restoration projects. We turn 2,000 bushels of recycled oyster shells each year into habitat for millions of oysters planted in the Bay and its rivers.
Are there oyster reefs in the Gulf of Mexico?
Gulf of Mexico restoration work funded by the RESTORE Act has accomplished a lot since 2010, and there is a lot left to do. Take an inside look at oyster reef restoration techniques in Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, and Alabama.
Who is the owner of murder point oysters?
Brent Zirlott, owner of Sandy Bay Oyster Company, the farm that produces Murder Point oysters, cradles the oyster in his palm and hoists it up to catch the rays. He’s pulled a not-quite-grown bivalve from a basket off a line on his farm and given it a quick rinse in the water. It is pretty.
Through CBF’s Save Oyster Shell recycling program, individuals and restaurants donate empty shells to be used in a variety of oyster restoration projects. We turn 2,000 bushels of recycled oyster shells each year into habitat for millions of oysters planted in the Bay and its rivers.
How is the Chesapeake Bay Foundation helping the oysters?
The R/V Patricia Campbell deploys millions of spat-on-shell in a new area on Cooks Point Sanctuary Reef. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation recognizes that saving the Bay is uniquely tied to restoring the native oyster, Crassostrea virginica.
Where did Steve Jobs study oyster farming in Alabama?
He almost instantly began researching how to use the off-bottom oyster farming techniques he studied in Cape Cod — and used on his own small oyster farm — in Alabama’s warm, food-rich bays where the conditions are close to perfect.
