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A Texas man in his 30s has died of a bacterial infection caused by Vibrio vulnificus after eating unsafe oysters earlier this month. With a mortality rate of 33%, this bacterium is particularly deadly for those with underlying health conditions including “liver disease, immunosuppression or diabetes,” per a Galveston County health report. The man contracted Vibrio after eating raw oysters in a restaurant in Galveston, Texas.

South Carolina oyster lovers helped wildlife officials break a shell recycling record, and the last delivery of the season came from Greenville.

This company from Massachusetts is turning used plastic bottles and empty oyster shells into sweaters. Read more here.

Sweaters made out of oyster shells and plastic bottles help protect coastline

Every sweater in the "Seawell Collection" contains about four or five oyster shells combined with approximately eight water bottles.

Lee Rocker of The Stray Cats performs at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Centers for the Arts Bonita Springs Hinman Auditorium. $53-$70. — artcenterbonita.org Submit calendar listings and high-resolution photos to events@floridaweekly.com. Email text, jpegs or Word documents are accepted. No pdfs or photos of fliers, please. The deadline for calendar submissions is noon

A group in Louisiana is building reefs and protecting the shoreline by recycling oyster shells. Here's how they do it.

Fiesta San Antonio has returned two-years of pandemic-related cancellations and postponements.

Fiesta San Antonio has returned two-years of pandemic-related cancellations and postponements.

Oyster shells are not garbage. That is the message from conservation groups, which say people have been recycling shells along U.S. coastlines for generations.