Europe’s exhausted #OysterReefs once covered area size of Northern Ireland https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/03/europe-oyster-reefs-study

"There are a handful of remnant #reefs in a few parts of Europe, including the coast of #Brittany and the west coasts of #Ireland and #Scotland. But these are at most a few square metres in extent, as opposed to square kilometres in the past. The ecological functions these reefs used to provide no longer exist... They created rich ecosystems, providing a habitat for almost 200 species"

Rapid #oyster reef #restoration gives hope for repairing the sea https://phys.org/news/2024-05-rapid-oyster-reef-sea.html

Reversing functional #extinction: successful restoration of eradicated #OysterReefs https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.14169

"After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan #Adelaide coastline... the astonishing ecological recovery occurred within two and a half years of the reef being constructed"

Oysters in the #ChesapeakeBay are on the rebound: New report says they can help fight #ClimateChange https://phys.org/news/2024-02-oysters-chesapeake-bay-rebound-climate.html

"urthering restoration of #oysters would help coastal communities vulnerable to #SeaLevelRise. Specifically, living shorelines that include oyster shell #reefs are a natural approach to protecting them from #erosion. Healthy #OysterReefs can also help protect the habitats that capture and store #carbon."

This would be a great story to share with fish and seafood places and restaurants here in the USA

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/restaurants-find-companies-to-take-their-spent-oyster-shells-to-restore-oyster-reefs/

#QysterShells #oyster #seafoodrestaurants #restaurants #fish #shellfish #OysterReefs #RestroreOysterReefs #RestoreNature

Native #oysters return to #Belfast after a century's absence https://phys.org/news/2023-12-native-oysters-belfast-century-absence.html

"Extensive native #OysterBeds were abundant in European seas, and humans have been harvesting them since the Stone Age. But oyster populations have declined by 95% since the 19th century, with native #OysterReefs now one of the most threatened habitats in Europe... Last month some 700 of the #mollusks were lowered into #BelfastLoug... It should eventually create a local equivalent of a #CoralReef"

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-10-sea-soundscapes-summon-thousands-baby.html
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Playing sea soundscapes can summon thousands of baby oysters, and help regrow #oysterreefs @ConversationEDU https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.13958 https://phys.org/news/2022-10-sea-soundscapes-summon-thousands-baby.html