Britain is dropping 20 concrete reef cubes and 44 tons of scallop shells into the sea in the hope to bring back its native oysters who have reduced by 95% since 1800s
- While one might assume that lowering huge white blocks of concrete into the sea was an attempt at dumping construction waste offshore, in Britain's North Sea it is a conservation effort.
- The country is dumping 20 carefully designed structures into the deep waters to restore the population of the European native oyster, Ostrea edulis, along England's northeast coast.
- The 2025 operation combined the reef cubes with 4,000 mature oysters, more than 35,000 juveniles and about 44 US tons of repurposed scallop shells.
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- While one might assume that lowering huge white blocks of concrete into the sea was an attempt at dumping construction waste offshore, in Britain's North Sea it is a conservation effort.
- The country is dumping 20 carefully designed structures into the deep waters to restore the population of the European native oyster, Ostrea edulis, along England's northeast coast.
- The 2025 operation combined the reef cubes with 4,000 mature oysters, more than 35,000 juveniles and about 44 US tons of repurposed scallop shells.
Sources: Times of India