Barge Delivering Shells for Bay Reef Site
Thousands of bushels of clam shells to become oyster habitat
A barge carrying tens of thousands of clam shells was located just south of Atlantic City Monday night, on its way to Barnegat Bay. Its final destination will be a one-acre site in the central portion of the bay that scientists have identified as a historic site for oyster growth. The 8,000 bushels of clam shells – from more than 80,000 individual clams in all – will be used as an artificial reef on which oysters can grow, providing hope the area can be brought back to its once-productive glory. The project is being speaheaded by the American Littoral Society in partnership with the Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program and local group ReClam the Bay. "Most oysters grow attached to other shells," explained Bill Shadel, Habitat …
Tom Cular
8:03 am on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
BTW, it's going to take a lot more than 1 barge load of shells to be effective. more ›