From Restaurant to Reef: Discarded Shells to Help Rebuild Oyster Habitat

A local company is helping to expand a pilot program that takes oyster and clam shells from the dinner plate to Jersey Shore reefs.
On Nov. 10, Buckhead Meat & Seafood on New Hampshire Avenue in Lakewood and its parent company Sysco announced a collaboration with state Fish and Wildlife officials to collect discarded shells from the company's network of restaurants.
These shells will be used to rebuild important oyster reefs throughout New Jersey, reefs that not only help preserve the future of the oyster industry here but help...
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