Thursday, April 19, 2012
Mass Oyster Hat Spotted on Cape Cod
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Vanessa Schmidt, a visitor to the States on a working internship sent us a photo of her on the rocks in Falmouth on scenic Cape Cod enjoying the beautiful weather. She is a supporter of oyster restoration and tasted her first oyster at a recent event at the Harpoon Brewery. (She had several!)
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.
About the Mass Oyster Project for Clean Water
MOP is a 501c-3 non-profit dedicated to restoring water-cleansing oysters to Boston Harbor after their being absent for decades. Each oyster can filter 30 gallons of water per day. An oyster reef can shelter up to 100 other species so they dramatically add to biodiversity. Oysters also sequester nitrogen in wastewater and each person creates 12 pounds per year. Oyster shells contain calcium carbonate a known buffer that can help offset ocean acidification. MOP has shown that oysters can survive and grow in Boston Harbor. The group is now seeking to optimize placements to maximize survival and eventually show reproduction. Come join us in making your Harbor healthier!
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Links
- Massachusetts Oyster Project for Clean Water
- Maritime Gloucester Oyster Upweller Blog
- Go Shuck an Oyster Blog
- Oyster Information
- Oyster Aficianado Course Syllabus
- Maritime Gloucester Museum
- Greater Boston Group Sierra Club
- Oyster Century Club
- Langham Hotel- Awesome Sunday Brunch, Shell Recycler
- Wild Oyster Project San Francisco
- In a Half Shell Oyster Blog
- B and G Oysters Restaurant
- Boston Seafood Festival
- Summer Shack
- Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
- Massachusetts Baykeepers
- Boston Duck Tours
- The Boston Harbor Association
- Boston Sailing Center
- Thompson Island Outward Bound
- Friends of the Belle Isle Marsh
- Friends of the Fort Point Channel
- New England Aquarium
- Green Boston Harbor Project
- Boston Harbor Islands
- Oyster Recovery Partnership
- New York's River Project Oyster Restoration
- Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group
Links to Oyster Farms- Many will ship to you.
- Big Rock Oysters Dennis MA
- Cottage City Oysters Martha's Vineyard, MA
- Pangea Shellfish Outlet Boston MA
- Island Creek Oysters- Duxbury Mass
- Long Point Oyster Provincetown Mass
- Norm Bloom Copps Island Oysters CT
- Walrus and Carpenter Oysters RI
- Nonesuch Oysters Scarborough Maine
- Peaks Island Shellfish Maine
- Rappahannock River Oysters Virginia
- Taylor Shellfish Shelton Washington
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