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Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...
The volunteers met at the Jackson Estuarine Lab in Durham as part of a project that supports oyster farms and restoration ...
Mayor Bobby Wagner discusses oyster gardens, mooring fields and Norriego Point upgrades during monthly “fireside-chat” with ...
A major milestone has been reached for Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Hampton River Restoration Project. According to a release, ...
Shellfish beds or reefs, formed by mussels and oysters, have declined worldwide. Sterre Witte, who conducted her Ph.D.
Though construction and development have diminished the Everglades to half their original size, South Florida is still ...
The materials used to form man-made reefs, however, are not always environmentally friendly or easily accessible. Through a newly published online manual, UF/IFAS and Florida Sea Grant provide step-by ...
The marine biologist said the oyster castles will stay in the same spot forever. "These blocks will live out here pretty much indefinitely. They look pretty clean right now. Eventually, you're going ...
Adelle Thrush, an intern with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, dumps a basket of oysters into the water at an oyster reef in the Severn River, a tidal tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, near Annapolis ...
But today, just one percent of the native oyster population found in the bay before the 1880s remains, due to pollution, disease and overharvesting—leaving a mammoth task for environmentalists.