SCCF Seeks Volunteers To Help With San Carlos Bay Oyster Reef Restoration.
Sanibel Rentals, 4-13-15, Oyster Bar Restoration Project, Courtesy Of SCCF.
SCCF is seeking volunteers for the summer of 2015 to help the Marine Lab scientists and staff restore oyster reefs. If you are interested please contact Sarah at 239-395-4617 or email her at [email protected].
Oyster reef or bar restoration “sites were chosen to increase resiliency to severe floods or severe droughts at increasing distances from the main source of freshwater, the Caloosahatchee. Sites closer to the Caloosahatchee (east) will have higher oyster settlement and survival during dry periods, while sites farther away (west) will fair better during floods. The map also shows sites located within J.N. “Ding” Darling’s Tarpon Bay. The orange triangles are oyster restoration sites and the red dots are sawfish encounters (FWC-provided data, 2003-2013).
The reefs will be expanded using restaurant-collected oyster shell supplemented with fossilized shell. Oyster density, size-frequency, settlement, and reef associated animals will be compared to nearby reference sites and unrestored sites. The filtering capacity of the reef will be estimated through a collaboration with Dr. Ray Grizzle from the Jackson Estuarine Lab at the University of New Hampshire.”
For more information call 395-4617 or [email protected]
