When diners want a taste of the sea, they order the oysters, perhaps served in their own shells.
The diner might not realize that the removal of shells when oysters are being harvested can disrupt the coastal ecosystem. They might not know that there’s any option other than tossing the shells in with the trash headed to the landfill.
But now that a Coastal Bend conservation initiative has expanded, oyster shells from partnering San Antonio restaurants are now being diverted back into Texas bays to restore oyster reefs…