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Women of the Earth

How This Oyster Farmer is Reinventing Aquaculture

See how a marine scientist is approaching the paradox of aquaculture gear to improve oyster farms.

09/04/2025

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Women of the Earth

How This Oyster Farmer is Reinventing Aquaculture

Season 2 Episode 2 | 18m 16sVideo has Closed Captions

See how a marine scientist is approaching the paradox of aquaculture gear to improve oyster farms.

Oysters are powerful ecosystem engineers—they filter water, reduce ocean acidification, and build reefs that act as natural breakwaters, protecting our coasts. But the plastic gear used to farm them is doing irreversible harm to the very ecosystems oysters help restore.

09/04/2025

FromDigital Studios

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Women of the Earth

How This Oyster Farmer is Reinventing Aquaculture

Season 2 Episode 2 | 18m 16sVideo has Closed Captions

Oysters are powerful ecosystem engineers—they filter water, reduce ocean acidification, and build reefs that act as natural breakwaters, protecting our coasts. But the plastic gear used to farm them is doing irreversible harm to the very ecosystems oysters help restore.

09/04/2025

FromDigital Studios

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