Check out this video and story on an oyster restoration success in the Virginia River.
They are capitalizing on an abundance of free-floating young oysters in the area- swim for two weeks and then settle on to hard surfaces. A luxury we don't yet have. They also used a large amount of fossil shell.
Here is the link to video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEXaSjzUGcU
Here is the link to a NYTimes article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/04oyster.html?ref=science&pagewanted=print
Importantly the area is closed to harvesting.
The Oyster Project is dedicated to oyster restoration in the estuaries of Massachusetts. Oyster reefs provide shelter for 100 other species including shrimp, eels, lobsters and the young of many commercial species. Oysters also are tremendous water cleaners as each filters 30 gallons of water per day.
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