With current oyster populations diminished across the country, recycling empty oyster shells is one way to restore their numbers (via SAVEURMAG)
Oyster shells, both live and dead, provide the main habitat for the next generation of oysters by serving as anchors to which babies can attach themselves. An entire cluster of the mollusks can grow from a single shell. Returning shells to the state’s estuaries ensures that any larvae looking for a home can find something to which it can adhere. “There’s plenty of baby oyster larvae floating around in the water, at least at the moment,” explains Dunn.
gatherings are popular pastimes; this means local seafood distributors and eateries, as oyster purveyors, have an especially important part to play in preserving that valuable substrate.in Charleston, are among South Carolina’s oyster aficionados making it a priority to return shells to the ocean and upkeep the estuaries from which they harvest.
Continued regeneration of the state’s oyster populations ensures the wild shellfish can carry on as a beloved food source in the Lowcountry, a region known for producing oysters with a uniquely briny, earthy flavor profile. “I would like to create a more plentiful, more abundant situation for our future,” says Sells. “We can focus on this local ecosystem that we have here and be stewards of it.”
In addition to being the bedrock of many underwater communities, oysters also help maintain the cleanliness of South Carolina’s coastal waters. “This is the filter for the ocean,” Lotts explains. The bivalves purify the water of excess nitrogen, with an adult oyster capable of cleaning up toof water every day. “Tide comes in, dirty water comes in from the ocean, gets filtered by oysters. Water goes back out clean.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
South Carolina House passes transgender sports bill despite Democratic stall tactic of introducing 1,000 amendmentsIf ultimately passed and signed into law, the bill would have South Carolina join a number of other conservative states in requiring transgender students to compete with the gender listed on their birth certificates.
Read more »
South Florida apartment building evacuated after engineers deem it structurally unsafeThe city of North Miami Beach, Florida, ordered the evacuation of a five-story, 60-unit apartment building Monday following an evaluation by a South Florida engineering firm that found the building to be 'structurally unsound.'
Read more »
South Chicago shooting: Man fatally shot in the head, woman wounded while in car at intersectionA 37-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were in a vehicle at an intersection when another car pulled up alongside them, police said. An offender inside that vehicle produced a firearm and shot at both victims.
Read more »
2 killed in Georgia, Texas as damaging storms strike SouthIn eastern Texas, W. M. Soloman, 71, died when storm winds toppled a tree onto Solomon’s home in Whitehouse, about 100 miles southeast of Dallas, Whitehouse Mayor James Wansley said. Officials said at least four homes in the area had trees fall on them.
Read more »
2 killed in Georgia, Texas as damaging storms strike SouthIn eastern Texas, W. M. Soloman, 71, died when storm winds toppled a tree onto Solomon’s home in Whitehouse, about 100 miles southeast of Dallas, Whitehouse Mayor James Wansley said. Officials said at least four homes in the area had trees fall on them.
Read more »
2 killed in Georgia, Texas as damaging storms strike SouthAuthorities say one person is dead in Georgia and another in Texas amid damaging storms, high winds and tornadoes around the South
Read more »