Ten thousand oysters were thrown into the sea! UK actively repairs shellfish reefs

Replay suspend 00:07 / 00:14 direct seeding 00:00 Enter full screen 0 Click and hold to drag videos In the past week, the Wildlife Oyster Project team of the London Zoological Society has built a 7500 square meter "Oyster Reef" near the coast of Whitburn, consisting of over 750 tons of fan shells and stones. On October 2nd, the staff dropped another 10000 oysters in the water area

In the past week, the Wildlife Oyster Project team of the London Zoological Society has built a 7500 square meter "Oyster Reef" near the coast of Whitburn, consisting of over 750 tons of fan shells and stones. On October 2nd, the staff dropped another 10000 oysters in the water area. The project manager stated that these 10000 oysters will thrive and continuously reproduce on the new reef. While repairing the oyster reef, they also look forward to regaining the ecosystem service functions brought by the oyster reef.

Shellfish reefs formed by bivalve mollusks such as oysters or mussels are one of the important coastal habitats, widely distributed in bays, estuaries, and other areas in temperate and subtropical regions worldwide. However, due to factors such as human activities and climate change, global shellfish reefs are severely degraded.

Oyster reef is one of the most representative shellfish reefs, formed by the gradual accumulation and accumulation of a large number of oysters. Oyster reefs have a series of functions such as purifying water bodies, removing nutrients from water bodies, and protecting coastal zones to maintain ecosystem balance, while also providing habitats for other species.

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