We've been developing a community-led native oyster and seagrass restoration project in the Scottish Highlands.

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💪 OUR PARTNERS IN THIS VIDEO
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🌊 Moray Ocean Community
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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
00:00 Intro
01:19 The beginning
03:06 The community
03:26 Nessie
05:19 Drone mapping
07:45 Why we care about these species
08:57 Our tasks
10:41 Going underwater
14:10 Costs
14:52 Our plan



🔎 ABOUT THIS PROJECT
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Native oysters (Ostrea edulis) are considered functionally extinct in many parts of Europe. Native oyster beds were once widespread in the UK and known as ‘the poor man’s food’, but have declined by 95% in the United Kingdom since the mid-19th century. This habitat-forming species would have once been present throughout our coastlines alongside other habitats such as seagrass beds, but now they are either absent or in relatively small, fragmented populations. There are no known remaining wild native oyster populations within the Cromarty Firth, but they were present in the area in the recent past. This community-led marine enhancement project, in partnership with Moray Ocean Community, aims to reintroduce native oysters to the Cromarty firth and generate open access data on the coastal and marine habitats found in the wider area.

Find out more about this project here: https://www.mossy.earth/projects/nati...