Restaurants, ReWa, DNR recycling ensures oysters get shucked [Video]

IF NOT HOLDING STEADY WITH RAIN. A GOOD BET NOW FORECASTING OUR FUTURE NOW IN UPSTATE BUSINESS IS RETURNING. USED OYSTER SHELLS TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. METEOROLOGIST SYDNEY SULLIVAN JOINS US NOW AND SHE TELLS US HOW THAT’S ACTUALLY HELPING OUR ENVIRONMENT. HI, SYDNEY. THAT’S RIGHT CHRIS, YOU MIGHT THINK OF AN OYSTER MAYBE FOR AN OYSTER ROAST OR A LOW COUNTRY BOIL. BUT WHAT YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IS THIS ONE OYSTER CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO PRESERVING OUR COAST. THAT’S SOMETHING SO SMALL, ADDS SO MANY BENEFITS TO THE ECOSYSTEM, EVEN A COUPLE HOURS AWAY FROM THE COAST, OYSTERS ARE FILTER FEEDERS, SO THEY’RE FILTERING AT LEAST TWO AND A HALF GALLONS OF WATER EVERY HOUR. AND THAT’S JUST ONE SINGLE OYSTER. THEY PROVIDE HOME TO OVER 120 DIFFERENT SPECIES. THEY CAN ALSO BECOME A NATURAL BARRIER FOR WHEN THAT REEF BECOMES AN …