Building a Coastwide Olympia Oyster Network to Improve Restoration Outcomes - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative)

To build communication, coordination, and information sharing among scientists and restoration practitioners, this project established a coastwide network from Baja California to British Columbia, the Native Olympia Oyster Collaborative. The project team synthesized past restoration projects, developed an experimental design for future research, and created educational and outreach materials that convey the importance of native oyster restoration on the Pacific coast. These efforts engaged communities in Olympia oyster restoration, provided tools to enhance future restoration outcomes, and strengthened connections among researchers and practitioners to support ongoing collaboration. This catalyst project was funded by NOAA through the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative to advance collaborative science. It did not produce any new data.

Although drastic global declines in oyster reefs over the past few centuries have driven significant native oyster restoration efforts on the North American East Coast, the West Coast's native Olympia oyster has received comparatively little attention. Since 1999, growing interest in the Olympia oyster has led to restoration projects at a dozen locations along the West Coast as well as efforts to promote scientific studies and public awareness of oyster declines and the benefits of restoration.

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==Project Lead

Kerstin Wasson

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine

Research Reserve

(831) 728-2822 x310

Kerstin.wasson@gmail.com

==Project Type

Catalyst – Targeted investment for advancing collaborative science

==Project Collaborators

Autonomous University of Baja California

California State University, Fullerton

Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, California

Hog Island Oyster Company

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Washington

Puget Sound Restoration Fund

San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, California

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Oregon

Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, California

University of California, Davis

World Fisheries Trust

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