Efforts to restore the native oyster Ostrea edulis and its associated habitats are gaining
momentum across Europe. Several projects are currently running or being planned. To …

The goal of ecosystem-based marine spatial management is to maintain marine ecosystems
in a healthy, productive and resilient condition; hence, they can sustainably provide the …

Over the centuries, land reclamation, coastal development, overfishing and pollution have
nearly eliminated European wetlands, seagrass meadows, shellfish beds, biogenic reefs …

Marine ecosystems of temperate regions are highly modified by human activity and far from
their original natural status. The North Sea, known as an intensively used area, has lost its …

Abstract The European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis, is an important ecosystem engineer that
has been progressively disappearing from European coasts over the last century mainly due …

Abstract: Since the collapse of the Ostrea edulis stock in the mid‐1800s the oyster has
struggled to re‐establish itself in self‐sustaining assemblages in Europe. It is now widely …

Throughout much of the UK and in Europe generally the native oyster is in a severely
depleted state in the wild. In order to address and potentially to reverse this situation Ostrea …

Oyster reefs are one of the most threatened marine habitats on earth, with habitat loss
resulting from water quality degradation, coastal development, destructive fishing practices …

Abstract The Pacific oyster Magallana gigas, globally one of the most translocated marine
species, has never been commercially farmed in any part of the Croatian eastern Adriatic …

The native European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis L.) represented an important source of food
for coastal communities in Europe, even during prehistoric times. This is confirmed by …