Oysters | North Carolina Coastal Federation Working Together for a Healthy Coast Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:29:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.nccoast.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-Site-Icon-32x32.png Oysters | North Carolina Coastal Federation 32 32 Completing the Oyster Sanctuary Network https://www.nccoast.org/project/completing-the-oyster-sanctuary-network/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:52:49 +0000 https://www.nccoast.org/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=47314 Thanks to a $14.9 million grant from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration and a $1 million state appropriation, the Federation is working to complete the Pamlico Sound Oyster Sanctuary.

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]]> The Next Generation of Oyster Scientists https://www.nccoast.org/project/the-next-generation-of-oyster-scientists/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:26:28 +0000 https://www.nccoast.org/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=47172 Thanks to a $14.9 million grant from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration and a $1 million state appropriation, the Federation is working to complete the Pamlico Sound Oyster Sanctuary and train the next generation of restoration professionals.

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]]> Cedar Island Oyster Sanctuary https://www.nccoast.org/project/cedar-island-oyster-sanctuary/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:12:21 +0000 https://www.nccoast.org/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=33243 Cedar Island Oyster Sanctuary is located in the Pamlico Sound near Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge. The project will create over 15 acres of protected oyster reef, built with limestone…

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]]> Swan Island Oyster Sanctuary https://www.nccoast.org/project/swan-island-oyster-sanctuary/ Tue, 28 Feb 2017 21:54:52 +0000 http://www.nccoast.org/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=14492 The Coastal Federation launched the 50 Million Oyster Initiative in 2017, with the goal of establishing 50 acres of new oyster habitat which would support 50 million oysters in the…

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]]> 50 Million Oyster Initiative https://www.nccoast.org/project/50-million-oyster-initiative/ Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:08:19 +0000 http://www.nccoast.org/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=14398 From 2017 to 2020, the Federation and partners worked to build 40 acres of new oyster reef and support at least 50 million oysters. Known as the 50 Million Oyster…

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]]> Morris Landing Clean Water Preserve https://www.nccoast.org/project/morris-landing/ Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:52:55 +0000 http://www.nccoast.org/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=10645 The 52-acre Morris Landing Clean Water Preserve contains coastal shrub scrub and forest habitat, salt marsh, and tidal creek areas and has over 3,000 feet of shoreline along Stump Sound.…

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]]> Beacon Island Shoreline Restoration https://www.nccoast.org/project/beacon-island/ Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:05:53 +0000 http://www.nccoast.org/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=5918 Creating Oyster Habitat While Saving the Brown Pelicans’ Home Beacon Island in Pamlico Sound is one of only nine remaining nesting sites for brown pelicans in North Carolina. In 2014,…

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]]> Large Scale Restoration: Building Oyster Sanctuaries at Crab Hole and Clam Shoal https://www.nccoast.org/project/large-scale-oyster-restoration/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:21:02 +0000 http://www.nccoast.org/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=7855 One thing many people don’t realize is how much a coastal restoration project looks like a construction project. That’s because it IS a construction project, just one that builds marine habitats…

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