Incorporating engineered oyster reefs into dredged material management Tyler Ortego, MS PE ORA Estuaries & Wayfarer Environmental Technologies
“Integrating Dredging and Dredged Material Reuse with Environmental Restoration”
Do more with less
Old School Do more with more
Do more with less
Achieve engineering objectives plus environmental/regulatory objective with one feature
The Oyster
Reef habitat Oyster brood stock Recreational fishing Water quality Shoreline protection Stabilize dredged material Oyster harvest Sequester carbon(?)
The Oyster Berrigan et al. (1991)
The Oyster
Engineered Oyster Reefs
Do more with less Solve multiple objectives at once
Future work
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