Native oysters grow on reefs containing other shellfish such as razorfish. Photo B Martin (Flinders University)When you slurp ...

The recommended spending comes about 10 months before a five-year moratorium on oyster harvesting is scheduled to end.

The collapse of Florida’s oyster reefs serves as a stark reminder of the interconnected challenges we face: freshwater mismanagement, habitat destruction and economic development at odds with ...

Most of these shellfish reefs no longer exist today. Commercial wild oyster harvesting commenced in the 1840s, and more than 43 million oysters were consumed by the 1910s, based on historical ...

Oyster reefs are vital ecosystems that provide numerous ecological benefits, including habitat for various marine species, water filtration, and shoreline protection. However, these reefs have ...

and most wild populations exist at densities lower than one oyster per square meter. The complex, diverse ecosystem created by European reef-building oysters has collapsed, according to the recent ...

We need oysters in our Bay and rivers. We don’t have enough. But one of the major impediments to restoring oysters is the ...

We need that support, that buildup of oyster reefs on the bay bottom ... by Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation -- conserving the wild things and wild places of Texas, thanks to members across ...