BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s almost been a year since the Nature Conservancy started the Save Our Shells Oyster Recycling Program. It is part of a mission to recycle oyster shells from restaurants ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WLOX) - A special recycling initiative is helping to bring new life to an oyster reef in South Mississippi. Mississippi Power and Beau Rivage volunteers teamed up with the Nature ...

Blocks containing oysters are being sunk off the coast of England to restore reefs and revive a lost marine ecosystem.

Volunteers for the Coalition for Coastal Louisiana stack bags of recycled oyster shells along the shoreline on September 20th, 2024. The reef will grow and and continue protecting the land from ...

Recycling oyster shells from restaurants not only provides reef habitat for new oysters and other fish, but it also benefits the marine economy and enables the mollusks to improve the environment by ...

GRAND BAYOU, La. (WVUE) - For centuries, the people of Grand Bayou—a remote, boat-accessible village west of the Mississippi River—have called the disappearing coastline of Plaquemines Parish home.

Dozens of high school students and other volunteers spent Friday morning stuffing recycled oyster shells into mesh bags — the first step in a plan to create a "living reef" to fight land loss along ...

The Town of Hempstead is building two reefs in the western bays off of Lido Beach using seafood shells. Supervisor Laura Gillen says the plan will save the shores from erosion and the bays from ...

The conveyor belt of volunteers stands in ankle-deep water, passing mesh bags full of emptied oyster shells. The regulars wear long sleeves to protect their arms from the shells’ rough edges. The ...