2024 Community Oyster Garden Reef Assessment

It has been six months since CCE Nassau released over 20,000 oysters, grown by community oyster gardeners, to a sanctuary reef in Manhasset Bay!

Today we looked at some of those oysters to make sure they are alive and growing. We are happy to report there is over an 85% survival rate! This means the oysters volunteers grew and cared for during the 2024 summer are still thriving. These oysters will continue to grow and reproduce resulting in a protected shoreline, erosion mitigations, better water quality, and an improved habitat.

We are looking forward to the 2025 growing season, and we hope to see you out there!