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Why Native Oysters Have Returned to Belfast Lough After a Century (Podcast)
21st January 2021
Diver Owen O Connell examines the cultch post deployment in south Galway Bay
Credit: Cuan Beo project
“Good news everyone”, the natives have returned.” It’s not your average title to a scientific paper, but this one has reason to celebrate - hailing the return of native oysters to Belfast Lough after a century.
The paper by Bangor University researcher David Smyth and fellow scientists was published this month in the journal Regional Studies in Marine Science.
It documents how the European flat oyster
Ostrea edulis has been confirmed in small numbers in Belfast Lough, and speculates on reasons why, such as shipping movements.