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[Steven M. Tucker, Coastal & Marine Resources Program Manager]

Science to Management...

Shellfish Restoration Guide Published

Bivalve shellfish restoration projects are becoming increasingly common 
in the U.S. spurred by increased public awareness of their important 
ecological role in coastal waters and increases in funding available for 
such efforts. The Nature Conservancy and NOAA recently published A 
Practitioners Guide to the Design and Monitoring of Shellfish 
Restoration Projects 
<http://conserveonline.org/docs/2006/05/shellfish_hotlinks_final.pdf > 
to help restoration practitioners design and monitor shellfish 
restoration projects that restore not only the populations of target 
shellfish species – primarily clams, oysters, scallops – but also the 
ecosystem services associated with healthy populations of these 
organisms. This publication provides advice for conservationists, 
resource managers and others interested in understanding basic 
approaches to the design and implementation of shellfish restoration 
projects. A fact sheet 
<http://www.nature.org/initiatives/marine/files/shellfish_fs_05.pdf> on 
the Conservancy’s shellfish restoration efforts is also available. For 
hard copies of the guide, contact The Nature Conservancy Global Marine 
Initiative marine at tnc.org <mailto:marine at tnc.org>.
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