Van Oord lays foundations for North Sea oyster revival

Rearing-oysters

Marine contractor Van Oord is to breathe life into thousands of oysters to mitigate the damage caused to the North Sea bed by the growing scale of wind farms, cables and other infrastructure.

Juvile oysters attached to rocks will be shipped out to offshore structures and released, in the hope that they will help to build reefs and revive their numbers.

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