The Oyster House collects the empty shells to put back in the bay. Since 2016, they have recycled over 23 million oyster shells. “Oyster shells are valuable,” Director of Oyster House Marketing ...

When we go out to eat and have oysters, we see the shells just get tossed away. But, the Galveston Bay Foundation in Texas is collecting those leftover shells to increase the number of oyster beds, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In a cross-country effort to replenish the oyster population in Chesapeake Bay, three seafood companies partnered to ship 84 truckloads with millions of Pacific oyster shells ...

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBS) — Ever wondered where the shells of the oysters eaten in Atlantic City end up? It's not a landfill. Instead, they're returned to the place they were first scooped up. And now ...

Louisiana's only large-scale oyster shell recycling program is expanding to Baton Rouge, helping to create more living shorelines instead of landfill pileup. Through the initiative run by the ...

FULTON, Texas — Fulton Oysterfest began on Thursday and runs through this Sunday. Last year's festival saw tens of thousands of oysters shucked. That is why the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M ...

TODDVILLE, MD - Millions of oyster shells are being transported on a boat for a large-scale restoration project aimed at revitalizing the native oyster population in the public fishery in the ...

Seafood and coastal dining are a given in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. From blue crab, Lowcountry boils and she-crab soup, the options are almost endless. But one item on the menu serves more than ...

For years, Maryland has participated in celebrating National Oyster Day on Aug. 5. Although many gastronomists still encourage oyster consumption in months that end in “R,” this rule has become more ...

One night in March, Jason Pitre left his Bayou Rosa Oyster Farm in Leeville with sacks of oysters bound for a fundraiser in New Orleans. He’d just pulled those oysters from the waters of Bayou ...