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Tiny oysters play big role in stabilizing eroding shorelines

Workers dump cages of whelk shells and oysters into Barnegat Bay in Lacey Township, N.J. on Aug. 16, 2022 as part of a project to stabilize the shoreline by establishing oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) The remains of a shuffleboard court that once was far from the water now sits halfway into Barnegat Bay in Lacey Township N.J. on Aug. 16, 2022 photo. A project is under way thereto establish oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Julie Schumacher of the American Littoral Society walks along a badly eroded shoreline in Lacey Township, N.J. on Aug. 16, 2022 where her group is conducting a shoreline stabilization project, establishing oyster colonies near the shoreline to blunt the force of incoming waves. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) A barge holding cages of whelk shells and oysters sails into Barnegat Bay in Lacey Township N.J. on Aug. 16, 2022 as part of a project to protect the shoreline by establishing oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves. In the foreground are bags of shells and metal rods placed as part of a previous erosion control project. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) A worker rides a barge laden with cages of whelk shells and oysters into the Barnegat Bay in Lacey Township, N.J. on Aug. 16, 2022. A project is under way there to protect the shoreline by establishing oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) A cage full of whelk shells on which young oysters are growing is loaded onto a barge in Lacey Township, N.J. on Aug. 16, 2022. The cages are being placed in Barnaget Bay as part of a $1 million project to help stabilize the shoreline; in addition to helping filter water of contaminants, the oyster colonies blunt the force of waves hitting the shoreline. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Bags of shells upon which baby oysters have been placed sit on a dock in Beach Haven, N.J. on Aug. 19, 2022 shortly before they were to be loaded on boats and placed in the water as part of a shoreline stabilization program using oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) A barge holding cages of whelk shells and oysters sails into Barnegat Bay in Lacey Township N.J. on Aug. 16, 2022 as part of a project to protect the shoreline by establishing oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves in a badly eroded section. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Baby oysters, called spat, attached to a clam shell shortly before it was to be placed into the water in Beach Haven, N.J. on Aug. 19, 2022, as part of a shoreline stabilization plan using oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Workers place bags of shells containing baby oysters into the water in Beach Haven, N.J. on Aug. 19, 2022 as part of a project to stabilize the shoreline by establishing oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Tiny oysters play big role in stabilizing eroding shorelines