Barnegat Bay oysters invaded the Big Apple on Sept. 15 in a charitable event dedicated to restoring New York Harbor.
This seventh annual New York Harbor Regatta and Bash was organized by the Billion Oyster Project, an environmental and educational organization dedicated to placing a billion oysters in New York Harbor by 2035 in the form of sustainable oyster reefs. The intended outcome will be for the harbor to recycle itself with clean, filtered water every 72 hours. Oysters are environmental superheroes.
This ambitious goal requires money, lots of it, to support the Harbor School on Governors Island and community outreach…
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