Their journey from the Grand Isle lab to a New Orleans restaurant is typical for farmed Louisiana oysters. Unlike traditional ...

Eaten at an oyster bar in Philadelphia or Wilmington? You likely have helped to prevent shoreline erosion along the Delaware ...

Containers for oyster shells only outside Bourbon House in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Friday, April 5, 2024. They will be used to help rebuild the coast. (Photo by Chris Granger ...

Many of the oyster shells the nonprofit uses are recycled through ... Some of the reef balls on Fantasy Island. Photo: Kathryn Varn/Axios Reef balls that have had several years to attract and ...

Last year, with maritime traffic limited in the Patapsco River channel during the typical planting season, oysters grown in and around the Baltimore Harbor that would have gone to Fort Carroll ...

For many just a tasty delicacy, the oyster may actually be the hero the world needs to fight environmental degradation—and ...

and a Long Island Sound oyster bed at low tide. Above, recovered shells on their way back to the sea in a photo provided by Collective Oyster Recycling & Restoration. Bryan Hurlburt, the state’s ...

After this, he usually needs to dump his haul — a part of the journey that requires security clearance and a government-issued photo I.D. Oyster shells clattered and cascaded as Luce dumped the ...

But one item on the menu serves more than seafood dinner delights. Oyster shells have shaped the history and environment of the Lowcountry in unique ways. From plates and protective reefs to ...

Representatives from the nonprofit Billion Oyster Project (BOP) visited the Salt Marsh Nature Center on Sunday, Dec. 8, to engage visitors with their goal of getting one million people to restore ...

Louisiana's only large-scale oyster shell recycling program is expanding to Baton Rouge, helping to create more living shorelines instead of landfill pileup. Through the initiative run by the ...