More than 15m juvenile oysters are to be released into the North Sea in one of the biggest rewilding projects in UK waters.
Richard Land, the marine expert leading the project, said it would have a knock-on impact on the entire ecosystem.
“It won’t just benefit fish and the bay, it will benefit sea mammals, seabirds and the whole environment.”.
“This project is a blueprint for a wider plan to reintroduce oysters to the UK and to European waters,” Land said.
View image in fullscreen Young oysters are relayed at Scotland’s last wild native oyster fishery in Loch Ryan.
Vince added: “This whole project actually came from: how do we get nature to do the carbon capture for us?
This innovation is key to producing enough oysters from local genetic stocks to support restoration and recovery of this hugely valuable ecosystem. »