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New York City Destroys Pioneering Oyster, Saltmarsh, and Beach Restoration Projects

New York City Destroys Pioneering Oyster, Saltmarsh, and Beach Restoration Projects

by Tom Goreau | Aug 24, 2025

BACKGROUND: Record growth of oysters, salt marsh,mussels, and sand were seen at the project before it was destroyed Pioneering solar-powered Biorock oyster, saltmarsh, and beach regeneration projects at a former Superfund ToxicWaste Site at McNeil Park, Queens, New...

Biorock Oyster, Salt Marsh, and Sea Grass Restoration for Coastal Protection, Fisheries Habitat Regeneration, Submerged Breakwaters, and Artificial Islands

by mtessis | Sep 1, 2018

Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance INTRODUCTION Biorock technology, first invented in 1976 in Grand Isle, Louisiana by the late Wolf Hilbertz, architecture professor at the University of Texas at Austin (Hilbertz, 1979; Goreau &...

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