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Notes from Underwater: A Life Growing Delectable Bivalves and How Shellfish Aquaculture Can Change the World

Barbara and Patrick Woodbury, marine biologists and clam and
oyster growers in Wellfleet on Cape Cod, will talk about shellfish aquaculture,
sustainability, and the key role bivalves play in coastal marine ecosystems.
The life of a grower tracks the life cycle of the shellfish they grow. Follow
the challenges of grower and grown from hatchery to harvest as sustainable
seafood. The world-wide destruction of shellfish habitat and oyster reefs has
put coastal marine ecosystems at risk. The Woodburys will tell how keystone
species like clams and oysters have a dramatic impact on improving water
quality, increasing species diversity, and reducing coastal erosion and
describe how their own research on oyster larval recruitment will help oyster
restoration.

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