85% of the world's oyster reefs are gone. Gone as well are the water filtration services and marine habitats they once provided. Rebuilding reefs is costly—more than $1 million per mile—so restoration progresses slowly. Our goal is to get more oysters in the water and drop the cost of restoration through accelerating business models that drop the price of raw materials for restoration, such as recycled shell.
Support the success of oyster farmers
Quantify the human benefits of healthy oyster reefs
Turn shell waste into living reef
Initiate a national brand for “oysters as ecosystem lynchpins”
Barton Seaver
Portland, ME
Bill Walton
Dauphin Island, AL
Bren Smith
Long Island Sound, NY
Stephan Abel
Annapolis, MD
Strategic design begins, Jan. 2014
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Short description
Building business solutions to get more oysters back in the water.
