Our Strange Plan To Transform This Industrial Firth

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We've been developing a community-led native oyster and seagrass restoration project in the Scottish Highlands. 🌾 To support our work you can become a member here: https://mossy.earth MOSSY EARTH MEMBERSHIP =============================== The rewilding membership that restores nature across a wide range of ecosystems. 🌲 Support a diversity of ecosystems 🐺 Rewild habitats to bring back biodiversity 🦫 Fund neglected species & ecosystems Learn more and become a member here: https://mossy.earth 💪 OUR PARTNERS IN THIS VIDEO =============================== 🌊 Moray Ocean Community IG: @morayoceancommunity X: @morayocean CCN:https://www.communitiesforseas.scot/community-groups/moray-ocean-community/ 📝 Field notes channel - https://www.youtube.com/@MossyEarth-FieldNotes ⏱️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 =============================== 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/native-oyster-restoration