Restaurant's oyster program helps diners become environmental stewards
Chiles Hospitality recently partnered with Gulf Shellfish Institute to bring vertical oyster gardens to Mar Vista and send some home with diners.
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Chiles Hospitality recently partnered with Gulf Shellfish Institute to bring vertical oyster gardens to Mar Vista and send some home with diners.
Ruined shorelines and shallow coastal waters of Tampa Bay have historically supported typical subtropical marine habitats such as salt marshes, seagrass beds, oyster reefs, and mud flats.
Researchers with the University of South Florida say oyster reefs in Tampa Bay and along the Gulf Coast are facing a threat from changes to Florida's climate.
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum reported that in April, Dr. Greg Herbert of the University of South Florida and collaborators published a peer-reviewe
Colossal oysters, which once thrived in Florida's northern Gulf Coast, are shrinking in size and in numbers. Scientists at the University of South Florida…