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"Thousands of oysters released into the Firth of Forth appear to be thriving
again after a century-long absence from the Scottish estuary since they were
lost to overfishing.
Marine experts from Heriot-Watt University who have helped reintroduce about
30,000 European flat oysters to the estuary said divers and underwater cameras
showed they were doing well.
The Firth of Forth was once home to one of the largest native European oyster
reefs in the north-east Atlantic, yielding up to 30 million oysters a year
during the 1800s, but by the beginning of the 1900s they had been fished to
local extinction.
Those reintroduced through the Restoration Forth project, which is also
planting 4 hectares of seagrass, have so far had an 85% survival rate.
Naomi Arnold, the Restoration Forth project manager from WWF Scotland, said
they were “delighted by the early signs of success”.
“This is down to the hard work of not only the staff involved but the hundreds
of volunteers who have turned out in all weathers to help us prepare the
oysters for deployment and to physically put them in the water,” she said.
“This is a key milestone in our project. With this success and the amount we
have learned, things are looking very positive for future restoration in the
area.”"
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