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Florida Oyster Restoration Project
Aug 12, 2009

Shellfish reefs and beds are essential to the health of marine ecosystems, yet they are almost always solely managed for harvest not habitat. The Shellfish Reefs at Risk report provides the first global view of the distribution and condition of oyster reefs – one of the most important and valuable resources to humans but among the least well recognized as a habitat.

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