Typically, restaurants send all the shells from shucked oysters to a landfill along with the rest of the restaurant's trash. However, when shucked shells are returned to the water, they create a ...
Over the past decade, we have applied conservation paleobiology to Florida’s Nature Coast, home to an extensive and intricate patchwork of seagrass meadows and sand. Prior to our studies, scientists’ ...
In Brevard County, a unique conservation effort is underway to restore the Indian River Lagoon by recycling oyster shells ...
Ocean Beach restaurant owners say they’ve collected thousands of oyster shells this summer for a program that will use them to rebuild local marine habitats and the Long Island oyster population. Six ...
BOGOTÁ, Colombia, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --The seemingly harmless practice of collecting seashells as souvenirs is triggering an alarming environmental crisis. Research from the University of ...
In a significant boost for coastal conservation, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Coastal Resources Division ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - One program helping to protect Louisiana’s coastlines by returning oyster shells to their original home is expanding to Baton Rouge restaurants. The Coalition to Restore ...
2021 was a banner year for Galveston Bay Foundation's oyster shell recycling program. The conservation nonprofit announced Thursday that its program set a new all-time record, with 181 tons of oyster ...
Every year around seven million tons of seashells are tossed out from aquaculture and fishing industries. Although shells are a natural material, when they are stacked in discard piles, they emit ...