Plan to get oysters back from brink of extinction
3 Apr 20213 April 2021
Last updated at 06:02
There s a big plan to get oysters back from the brink of extinction in UK waters.
Around 1,300 native oysters have been returned to the River Conwy in North Wales as part of a project called The Wild Oysters Project.
Conwy Bay is just one area that has seen oysters released. A total of 4,000 have been released into six marinas and ports in England, Wales, and Scotland by the Zoological Society of London.
It s hoped it will lead to the molluscs re-populating the UK s coastal seas, having declined by almost 95% since the 1800 s due to human activity and coastal pollution.
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