Serving as the lead engineer for TNC, Jacobs developed the numerical modelling and the engineering design for the construction of the 20-hectare Stage 2 reef expansion. Shellfish reefs once occurred naturally in bays and estuaries along Australia’s southern coastline but have largely disappeared due to exploitation.
The benefits of a new, restored shellfish reef include improved water quality (due to the filtration powers of oysters), an increase in fishery productivity, higher biodiversity and new opportunities for recreational fishing.
Windara Reef will also bring economic and social benefits to the nearby Yorke Peninsula communities through the creation of new jobs and increased opportunities for marine industries. Completed in December 2018, the stage 2 construction laid 10,000 tonnes of reef base that will be seeded with more than seven million juvenile Australian Flat Oysters. The young oysters will be pre-seeded onto recycled oyster shells by local oyster farmers and hatcheries.
Recently, the Environmental Business Journal awarded the Windara Reef a 2018 Project Merit award in the Environmental Restoration category.
Serving as the lead engineer for TNC, Jacobs developed the numerical modelling and the engineering design for the construction of the 20-hectare Stage 2 reef expansion. Shellfish reefs once occurred naturally in bays and estuaries along Australia’s southern coastline but have largely disappeared due to exploitation.
The benefits of a new, restored shellfish reef include improved water quality (due to the filtration powers of oysters), an increase in fishery productivity, higher biodiversity and new opportunities for recreational fishing.
Windara Reef will also bring economic and social benefits to the nearby Yorke Peninsula communities through the creation of new jobs and increased opportunities for marine industries. Completed in December 2018, the stage 2 construction laid 10,000 tonnes of reef base that will be seeded with more than seven million juvenile Australian Flat Oysters. The young oysters will be pre-seeded onto recycled oyster shells by local oyster farmers and hatcheries.
Recently, the Environmental Business Journal awarded the Windara Reef a 2018 Project Merit award in the Environmental Restoration category.
Serving as the lead engineer for TNC, Jacobs developed the numerical modelling and the engineering design for the construction of the 20-hectare Stage 2 reef expansion. Shellfish reefs once occurred naturally in bays and estuaries along Australia’s southern coastline but have largely disappeared due to exploitation.
The benefits of a new, restored shellfish reef include improved water quality (due to the filtration powers of oysters), an increase in fishery productivity, higher biodiversity and new opportunities for recreational fishing.
Windara Reef will also bring economic and social benefits to the nearby Yorke Peninsula communities through the creation of new jobs and increased opportunities for marine industries. Completed in December 2018, the stage 2 construction laid 10,000 tonnes of reef base that will be seeded with more than seven million juvenile Australian Flat Oysters. The young oysters will be pre-seeded onto recycled oyster shells by local oyster farmers and hatcheries.
Recently, the Environmental Business Journal awarded the Windara Reef a 2018 Project Merit award in the Environmental Restoration category.
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