Creating living shorelines for natural shoreline erosion control.
Oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay using biogenic reef structures.
A Biogenic Reef is a man-made structure that supports oysters and their succeeding generations and creates living shorelines.
A typical structure maintains 80-100 mature oysters and the original structure shape becomes unrecognizable as reef grows into a natural habitat.
Ready Reef’s Living Shorelines Combating Shoreline Erosion
Click to ExpandAs the living sill for a Living Shoreline, oysters protected the marsh toe during normal tides. The marsh grass roots the bottom sediments in place and captures any damaging runoff from the uplands. There was little erosion when Capt. John Smith made these observations about the clear and fabulously productive waters in the Bay.
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Ready Reef’s Biogenic Reef Habitat Benefits Oyster Restoration
Click to ExpandThe oyster population is now 1% of what is was in the late 1800's.
Why Ready Reef
Click to ExpandSince 2012 Ready Reef has been building and installing permanent restoration methodology to oyster re-establishment in the Chesapeake Bay.
