Coastal Conservation Association Maryland brought their Living Reef Action Campaign to the Michael E Busch Annapolis Library Friday where volunteers built reef balls from concrete. (Paul W.

Over 300 reef balls off the coast of Palmetto are making significant progress toward improving local water quality and ...

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Coastal communities are using nature to clean the ocean and combat rising sea levels. Their secret weapon: oyster shells. "One of my personal statements is, I joke, I'm trying to ...

In the 1800s, the river was once so full of the water-cleaning bivalves it was known as Oyster River. The 23-acre project, which began in 2023, recently earned recognition from the Florida ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's lakes have developed an international reputation as top destinations for sports fishing. In the Midlands, Lake Murray, with waterfronts in Richland, Lexington and ...

Reef balls, which have proven effective for improving saltwater fisheries for many years, are being tested in the waters of Lake Murray. But not in the way you might think. In saltwater applications, ...

The installation of 360 reef balls into the Manatee River took place two years ago. Since that time, the natural filter feeders, oysters, have clustered in the area, helping to clean and improve the ...

A 200-foot barge has become the latest addition to the Little Egg Inlet Reef, the same spot where artificial reef balls were added last year. The barge, identified as No. 199, was sponsored by the ...

New York City is getting a pearl of underwater development off the shores of Brooklyn — one that will rival Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in terms of ecological importance. The Billion Oyster Project ...

VENICE – Shaun Graser fondly remembers fishing in Roberts Bay behind his parents' Laguna Drive home. “When we were young, we would catch flounder all the time,” Graser said one recent morning, as ...