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Or maybe not. regardless, it is satisfying to see the culmination of this entire process and know that those tiny little spats will be hard at work for the next few years, making this bay healthy. >> so on the one hand, we're blowing some oyster shells off the deck with the giant host but on the other hand, we're having a river. that means they're spending millions of dollars on billions of oysters covering 377 acres. and right in the middle of all of it a man named mutt. somebody had to do it, right? i had seen this process before. but -- haven't seen it shot in

Jenna: we are seeing some items on our screen excavated. what are we finding out now but the community looking back on it for the eyes of somebody from 2013? >> we're finding all kinds of artifacts speaking to the life of an early african-american community, fighting the history and culture, we can find the things records cannot records such as how they lived, what they ate, who they were in terms of occupation. various records although some do not report what the african-americans did. some of the things we find such as oyster shells, they were used early for mortar in bricks. somebody was la...

>> stuffed artichokes. >> calling this an oyster blt. >> this is real new orleans, y'all. >> the oyster, it is a staple in our food. we love the oyster. >> nothing like a louisiana oyster. they are great. >> it's impossible to imagine new orleans without all kinds of oysters on the menu. >> this is the grand isle oyster restoration project. >> around the world, oysters have declined 85%. it's the most imperiled ecosystem type in the world. >> the goal of the project is to install artificial oyster reefs along particularly vulnerable marsh shore lines. >> the structures of vertical oyster reef,...

Very much ally all of the gulf fishing grounds are closed for business. 60 hard workers, some she considered family. >> that's got to be tough. >> you just kind of explain to them what's been happening as best as you can. >> reporter: all the more frustrating. this year's catch was one of their best since katrina. crystal seas oysters was sailing smoothly through the recession and now just snapshots of better days. >> reporter: ever wonder what a four-month supply of oyster shells looks like? take a look at this. it's huge. tons of shells, but unfortunately product has now come to a screeching...

We're working to get more information on this story, but here's what we know so far. more details about a man detained in egypt on tuesday for having firearms in his checked baggage. a government -- a federal government official speaking on background is telling us the following was found in the man's checked baggage. we're talking about two handguns, five box of ammo, four knives and two empty magazine clips and we're also learning the tsa is telling us that it checked the baggage for explosives. so we're not quite sure, although this may have made it through the screening. we will continue t...