Tag: oyster reefs
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Dublin Bay’s Oyster Graveyard Reawakens: A Bold Hope for the Bay’s Ecosystem
Restoring a Crucial Habitat: Dublin Bay’s Oyster Revival In Dublin Bay, a quiet restoration project is turning a grim record into a hopeful future. Once an ill-fated guardian of the bay’s ecological balance, oysters faced decline from overharvesting, pollution, and changing currents. Today, a concerted effort is breathing life back into the waters, with a…
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Dublin Bay’s oyster graveyard rises from dead in effort to restore rich ecosystem
Dublin Bay’s oyster graveyard is being repurposed from a stagnant collection of discarded shells into a living backbone for the bay’s ecosystem. The revived project, driven by marine scientists, local volunteers, and coastal communities, aims to restore the towering, bustling reef-like structure that once supported a thriving marine food web. As the dinghy glides toward…