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New research led by Griffith University is the first to document multiple tropical oyster reefs across tropical Australia. Oyster reefs are considered the “kidneys of the sea” and play a vital role in coastal health, but have declined by more than 99% in southern and south-eastern Australia and are considered to be functionally extinct.

The World War II-era theme of “Keep Calm and Carry On” seemed incongruous with the barrage of dire environmental statistics, but the 2025 State of the Bays report on Long Island’s waterways, delivered by Christopher Gobler of Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences on April 2 at the university’s Southampton campus, did include some encouraging, albeit smaller scale, developments with respect to mitigation.

Newsday on how to join a Long Island community oyster garden and help clean local waters.

She’s already earned a National Geographic award for her work! For years, Mississippi’s Gulf waters have struggled to recover from devastating natural and manmade disasters. From Hurricane Katrina to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the oyster population has been hit hard. But one young trailblazer is working to change that—one oyster at a time, PBS reports.

SEVERN, MD — Severn elementary school students are learning hands-on that recycling oyster shells cleans the Chesapeake Bay, provides habitat for marine life and prevents shoreline erosion.

This summer, Seatuck Environmental Association and the Village of Patchogue will be starting a three-year pilot oyster restoration program at Shorefront Park.

Virginia has made significant investments in the restoration of oyster reefs in the Chesapeake Bay, and now a study led by William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS suggests those management practices are literally paying off in the Rappahannock River. The study, recently published in the Journal of Environmental Management, was led by Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences Ph.D. student Alexandria Marquardt, who presented the results to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission’s (VMRC) Shellfish Management Advisory Committee on February 19.

How Half Shells for Habitat and local groups, including South Fork Sea Farmers, turn restaurant oyster shells into new reef habitat.

More than 3,000 man-made oyster reefs have been dropped in Moreton Bay as part of an effort to bring shellfish back into the ecosystem.