British scientists restore the oyster population

More than a century later, oysters are returning to the waters of Britain, but it is not nature that has been so cleansed, OTP reports. Everything is done by the hands of people. Scientists have launched a project to restore the population of these molluscs. Until the 19th century, oysters were not exceptional in Britain. They were considered the food of the poor. A dozen cost half the price of a loaf of bread. But then pollution and overfishing left oysters off the northeast coast. Disappeared 95% of their population. And now the British have decided to revive it. Ashley Tinlin-Mackenzie, biologist: “Our oysters live in baskets like this. Over time, they will begin to multiply and produce millions and billions of larvae. And this is our goal, so that the larvae caught by the current go ...