Henley Beach community recycling shells to restore oyster reefs

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Reef restorations are one way the state government is looking to build resilience against algal blooms. Beachgoers caught a glimpse at the work at Henley Beach today.

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00:00A hands-on approach bringing an ocean back to life.

00:06The process recycling shells into 25 community oyster reefs on display at Henley Beach,

00:12encouraging people to get involved.

00:14We are really serious about getting thousands and thousands of shells together so that we

00:19can build these community oyster reefs.

00:21The state government initiative will use the oysters as a natural defence against algal

00:25blooms.

00:26They are like the kidneys of the ocean so they filter the water.

00:31Long term this is how we actually build some resilience into our marine environment for

00:36years to come.

00:37But it's a long journey from the dinner table to the sea.

00:41The shells are sun bleached for at least six months to sterilise them.

00:46Researchers want to find a quicker way.

00:48Experimenting with pizza ovens and other ways to really cook the shell and anything that

00:52could be potentially living on them and then we'll analyse them to see if we can sterilise

00:56them quickly that way.

00:57Meaning more reefs in the ocean sooner.

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