In the Chesapeake Bay, the once decimated oyster industry is having a renaissance. But the effects of climate change are a looming threat for farmers and oyster lovers
two-thirds of the world’s seafood by 2030. Yet many of these farms, raising finned fish or shrimp, expel fecal matter and pollutants used in production—not oysters, which feed themselves and expel clean water.
As Oliver walks down a dock with concrete oyster tanks attached to its side, he points to two tanks—one with six-month-old oysters and one without. —in just a matter of days. Today’s population would need a year to filter clean the same volume of water. But that’s slowly changing as environmentalists work to bring back not just the oyster, but the reefs they once formed.
Oyster Recovery Partnership, an environmental organization based in Maryland, collects tens of thousands of shells from restaurants and public drop-off sites every year. Shells are used to help restore oyster reefs in the Chesapeake Bay and other nearby waterways.One challenge has been restoring a three-dimensional hard surface for baby oysters to settle on.
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