Oysters are a favorite of seafood lovers across the United States. Oysters, a kind of shellfish, are native to U.S. waters on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Now, more than 20 eateries and other seafood businesses have joined together on a project to help the environment. Their goal is to collect old oyster shells and use them to grow new oysters. Project organizers say the recycled shells can also act as a filter. They remove dirty particles from the water. Tony Price is with the Shell Recycling Alliance, a program of the Oyster Recovery Partnership. The program collects discarded oyster shells from seafood restaurants. It then uses the shells as homes for baby oysters.
Title: Old Oyster Shells Improve Water Quality, Help Oyster Population
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2553/oyster_shells.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Old Oyster Shells Improve Water Quality, Help Oyster Population' data-article-id='3083'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5708'>Oysters are a favorite of seafood lovers across the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='5708' data-end-time='15271'>Oysters, a kind of shellfish, are native to U.S. waters on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.</span> <span data-start-time='15271' data-end-time='24563'>Now, more than 20 eateries and other seafood businesses have joined together on a project to help the environment.</span> <span data-start-time='24563' data-end-time='31958'>Their goal is to collect old oyster shells and use them to grow new oysters.</span> <span data-start-time='31958' data-end-time='38271'>Project organizers say the recycled shells can also act as a filter.</span> <span data-start-time='38271' data-end-time='42333'>They remove dirty particles from the water.</span> <span data-start-time='42333' data-end-time='50604'>Tony Price is with the Shell Recycling Alliance, a program of the Oyster Recovery Partnership.</span> <span data-start-time='50604' data-end-time='56604'>The program collects discarded oyster shells from seafood restaurants.</span> <span data-start-time='56604' data-end-time='61729'>It then uses the shells as homes for baby oysters.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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