Local restaurant shell-recycling program 
aims to expand in 2018

The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays Don’t Chuck Your Shucks shellfish recycling program is gearing up for another season. Fresh off the success of 2017, when the program collected 4,000 bushels of shell from 25 restaurants, the center aims to bring even more local restaurants on board. A partnership between the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays and local restaurants, this program collects discarded oyster shells for use in oyster restoration projects in the Inland Bays.

Residents and visitors can help by visiting one of the participating restaurant partners and ordering a dozen (or more) oysters or clams. In addition to treating themselves, diners also be helping improve aquatic habitat. There is no tastier way to help the bays!

For a full list of participating restaurants, go to www.inlandbays.org/shucks.

The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays is in the process of implementing a shellfish enhancement plan for the Rehoboth, Indian River and Little Assawoman bays. This plan will implement projects that make use of the DCYS program’s recycled shell material including living shorelines, oyster gardens and projects that mimic oyster reefs to provide habitat for many species, including finfish.

For more information, go to www.inlandbays.org.