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Article: Carolinas try to recycle more oyster shells for shellfish habitats.
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- October 28, 2004
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By Brock Vergakis, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 28--The Carolinas are seeking sites to expand oyster shell recycling programs in Brunswick County, N.C., and Horry County to provide more habitat for a shellfish population that's slowly starting to rebound after decades of decline.
South Carolina's oyster shell recycling program has become a model and one that North Carolina began mimicking last year as both states fight to revive their oyster populations.
Oyster shell recycling -- a process in which empty shells from restaurants and residents are collected and used to create reefs in saltwater ...