{"id":8,"date":"2020-11-24T17:25:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T17:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-07-13T03:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T03:15:58","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57e4965c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57e4965c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54bc5ad8\" data-id=\"54bc5ad8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117287ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117287ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Half Shells for Habitat<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-418eeb6e elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"418eeb6e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b83aea9\" data-id=\"3b83aea9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a707af7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a707af7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Half-Shells-for-Habitat-Logo-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-37\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Half-Shells-for-Habitat-Logo-1.jpg 541w, https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Half-Shells-for-Habitat-Logo-1-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46547ca9\" data-id=\"46547ca9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3497718d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3497718d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 24pt; color: #666666;\"><i>Half Shells for Habitat<\/i><\/span><\/h1><h4><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 24pt; color: #666666;\">Oyster Shell Recovery Partnership<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px; color: #666666;\">Half Shells for Habitat (H4H), which was initiated by Seatuck and a host of partners in 2018, is an island-wide program to recover oyster shells from restaurants for use in oyster and habitat restoration efforts.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">The program was established to address the critical need to return oyster shells to Long Island\u2019s estuaries. The shells provide vitally important substrate on which wild young oysters can attach and grow, and they help to combat coastal acidification by returning calcium carbonate to the water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec89b15 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec89b15\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-887f638\" data-id=\"887f638\" 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elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LISCIF-logo.png\" data-width=\"289\" data-height=\"113\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/long-island-sound-study-250x250-1-e1745207646159.jpg\" data-width=\"250\" data-height=\"114\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30d5f65\" data-id=\"30d5f65\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee81114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee81114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>NEED CURED OYSTER SHELLS?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfD3squKwthVOv8Be0BkfibkEnH2d1vi-zx_twzJPBh-ndYjg\/viewform\">Click here<\/a> to request a&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px;\">donation to your project.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36c46238 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36c46238\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3141496c\" data-id=\"3141496c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2903fb92 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2903fb92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 32px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; color: #666666;\">Muncipal Partners<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">After launching with the Towns of Brookhaven and Hempstead as municipal partners, Half Shells for Habitat now also includes the Towns of Huntington, Islip, North Hempstead and Riverhead, as well as the Villages of Ocean Beach, Port Jefferson and Sag Harbor. These municipal partners provide facilities for shell storage and curing <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">and other critical support for the program.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">If your town is interested in joining this environmental program, please contact us at:\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px; transition-property: all;\" href=\"mailto:mdunn@seatuck.org\">mdunn@seatuck.org<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">\u00a0or 631-581-6908.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/LOGO-VOB.png\" data-width=\"236\" data-height=\"235\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/TownNorthHempstead-logo-web-768x768-1-300x297.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"297\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PortJeff.png\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Town-of-Riverhead.gif\" data-width=\"216\" data-height=\"216\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SagHarbor.jpeg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8996c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d8996c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5ac915 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5ac915\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10c7b02\" data-id=\"10c7b02\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f1317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77f1317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Non-profit &amp; Other Partners<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-655d6dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"655d6dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Seatuck water quality scientist, Maureen Dunn (pictured at right with Seatuck board member Charlie Weiss), established and continues to manage the H4H partnership. In addition to Seatuck, the program relies on a host of other non-profit organizations, businesses and (most importantly!) volunteers to coordinate an island-wide shell collection effort. To date, the team has partnered to collect well over 100,000 pounds of oyster shells!<\/p><p>And since it began distributing cured oyster shells in May 2019, H4H has returned nearly 50,000 pounds of cured shells to our bays through various oyster restoration and reef-building projects, including Cornell Cooperative Extension&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lishellfishrestorationproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long Island Shellfish Restoration Project<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theoysterreefproject.org\/\">Huntington-Northport Oyster Reef project<\/a>, Stony Brook University&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shinnecockbay.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program<\/a>, Adelphi University&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/news\/restoring-the-oyster-ecosystem-one-reef-at-a-time\/\">CORE<\/a>\u00a0program and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/morichesbayproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moriches Bay Project.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-528de2f\" data-id=\"528de2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d61bcb5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d61bcb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ShellDrop-CharlieJim-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1261\" alt=\"\" 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data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;justified&quot;,&quot;ideal_row_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:186,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:48,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;custom&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;ideal_row_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:150,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ideal_row_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:150,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;url&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;is_external&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;nofollow&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;custom_attributes&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" 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><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo-FI-Ferries-300x248.png\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"248\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/REACH_Oyster_Reef_Project-300x102.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"102\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Baykeeper-6900796-logo-300x130.png\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"130\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Friends-of-bellport-bay-logo.png\" data-width=\"189\" data-height=\"146\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Friends-of-haven-beach-logo-300x269.png\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"269\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/South-Fork-Sea-Farmers-logo-300x286.png\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"286\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4441852 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4441852\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bded0b1\" data-id=\"bded0b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c235a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6c235a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fffaed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1fffaed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Participating Restaurants<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f69ebd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f69ebd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Halfshells for Habitat\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-bacc821 ); font-family: Montserrat;\">was initiated with the generous cooperation of several restaurants, with\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: Montserrat;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catchoysterbar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catch Oyster Bar<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-bacc821 ); font-family: Montserrat;\">\u00a0(Patchogue),\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: Montserrat;\" href=\"http:\/\/h2oseafoodsushi.com\/islip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H2O<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-bacc821 ); font-family: Montserrat;\">\u00a0(East Islip),\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: Montserrat;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesnapperinn.com\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Snapper Inn<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-bacc821 ); font-family: Montserrat;\">\u00a0(Oakdale),\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: Montserrat;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cullhouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cull House<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-bacc821 ); font-family: Montserrat;\">\u00a0(Sayville) and\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: Montserrat;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vincentsclambar.com\/\">Vincent&#8217;s Clam Bar<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-bacc821 ); font-family: Montserrat;\">\u00a0(Carle Place) joining the program as early participants. The list of current participating <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-bacc821 );\">has continued to grow after a slow-down during the COVID pandemic. The full list of participating restaurants currently includes the following:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9000556 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"9000556\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"res\" 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data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bostwicks-chowder-logo-300x238.png\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"238\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bostwicks-harbor-logo-300x283.png\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"283\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" 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data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rowdy-Hall-logo.png\" data-width=\"190\" data-height=\"213\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Shark-bar-logo-300x156.png\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"156\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-565aee09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"565aee09\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cfdd4da\" data-id=\"6cfdd4da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8cabe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c8cabe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8da2674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8da2674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How it Works<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab79a45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab79a45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>H4H relies on an well-oiled &#8220;collection collaborative&#8221; to recover oysters shell from restaurants and festivals and ensure they are returned to Long Island&#8217;s bay.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66200742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"66200742\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" src=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Half-Shells-Diagram-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-124\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Half-Shells-Diagram-1.jpg 1275w, https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Half-Shells-Diagram-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Half-Shells-Diagram-1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Half-Shells-Diagram-1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/halfshellsforhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Half-Shells-Diagram-1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1275px) 100vw, 1275px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a9eb73c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a9eb73c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-654d7575\" data-id=\"654d7575\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39a0c71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39a0c71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">10 Benefits of Shell Recovery <br>&amp; Oyster Restoration<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f9a2e5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f9a2e5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. <strong>Enhanced Water Quality and Clarity<\/strong> \u2013 Oysters consume microscopic algae called phytoplankton, which helps to clarify seawater and promote eelgrass growth. In addition, the removal of harmful phytoplankton decreases the likelihood of harmful algal blooms, such as Brown and Rust Tides.<\/p><p>2. <strong>Habitat for Wild Oyster Restoration<\/strong> \u2013 In many bays, wild oysters can\u2019t take hold because of the lack of the hard substrate they require for attachment. This substrate, which was historically provided by other oyster shells, is restored when recovered shells are returned to the water. They provide the necessary substrate for \u201cwild set\u201d oysters, which are important for natural disease resistance and genetic diversity in overall oyster populations.<\/p><p>3. <strong>Regulating Nitrogen Pollution<\/strong> \u2013 Oysters grow well in nitrogen-rich waters. They remove nitrogen from seawater by consuming phytoplankton that have the ability to incorporate nitrate. At harvest time, farmed oysters and the nitrogen they\u2019ve consumed are removed from the environment. The consumption of wild oysters by transient wildlife also serves to rid the local environment of excess nitrogen.<\/p><p>4. <strong>Reduce Landfill\/Incineration<\/strong> \u2013 Recycling oyster shells reduces the cost of delivering and disposing of them as waste in landfills or burning them in incinerators.<\/p><p>5. <strong>Shoreline Stabilization<\/strong> \u2013 Oyster shells can be used to stabilize eroding shorelines in salt marshes, or as part of a reef building process with the reintroduction of live oysters. Oyster reefs mitigate the damaging wave effects of severe storms and hurricanes. As sea level rises at an ever-accelerating rate, these efforts will help protect our shorelines.<\/p><p>6. <strong>Mitigate Coastal Acidification<\/strong> \u2013 Excessive algae growth in Long Island\u2019s coastal waters fuels high levels of the bacteria that decompose the algae. The bacteria use oxygen and produce CO2 as they respire. This increased CO2 lowers the pH of the water (already low from atmospheric absorption of CO2 in ocean waters), causing what is known as \u201ccoastal acidification.\u201d This condition, which is increasing around Long Island, presents a significant threat to our estuaries and wildlife (including young oysters, which are especially sensitive to pH changes). The calcium carbonate of recycled oyster shells provides a buffer against coastal acidification, acting like an antacid as they dissolve.<\/p><p>7. <strong>Provide Mesohabitat<\/strong> \u2013 Wild oyster reefs provide important habitat for small fsh, shrimp and juvenile crustaceans. While aquaculture structures can mimic this habitat, it is removed at harvest time and lost. Wild oyster reefs are necessary to provide permanent, long-term mesohabitat for marine wildlife.<\/p><p>8. <strong>Carbon Sink<\/strong> \u2013 Shells are made of calcium carbonate; when burned as kitchen waste they emit carbon into the atmosphere. However, when bound together in an oyster reef, the same shells instead serve as a carbon sink.<\/p><p>9. <strong>Community Involvement and Education<\/strong> \u2013 Shell recovery and restoration relies on volunteers to collect shells from participating restaurants, assist with spat-on-shell rearing and a wide range of other jobs. In the process, it educates volunteers and empowers them as ambassadors to engage the general public in the work to protect and restore our coastal ecosystem.<\/p><p>10. <strong>Quality of Life &amp; Tourism<\/strong> \u2013 Oysters not only enhance the health of our coastal waters, but they are also a prized culinary delicacy for which Long Island is renown. 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