Tag: oysters

Purina Pop-Up Revealed How Oysters Can Support Declining Marine Habitats

Stuart Mitchell

Purina brought ocean restoration into central London, hosting a two-day pop-up oyster bar designed to show how oysters can help tackle declining marine habitats. Rather than serving oysters to eat, the space demonstrated how they work in the wild – filtering sea water. Hundreds of visitors attended to see live sea water-filtration demos and hear from marine experts at Oyster Heaven about the success of large-scale reef restoration work as part of the collaboration with Purina in the Netherlands and the work underway in the UK. This includes plans to…

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Dornoch Firth engancement project reaches 20,000 oysters milestone

Stuart Mitchell

Glenmorangie Distillery and a team of scientists from Heriot-Watt University have reached a significant milestone in the Dornoch Environmental Enhancement Project (DEEP), focused on restoring a sustainable native oyster reef in the Dornoch Firth. August 2021 marks the completion of 20,000 native European oysters being returned to the Dornoch Firth, where they became extinct more than 100 years ago as a result of overfishing. This phase’s success will pave the way for the restoration of the reef, after years of research, planning and monitoring. As part of the DEEP project,…

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