APPARATUS FACILITATING FORMATION OF A VERTICAL OYSTER REEF AND SHORELINE REHABILITATION WITH INDUCED OYSTER REEF BARRIER AND LAGOON IMPLEMENTING THE SAME

摘要

A shoreline restoration method utilizes a plurality of apparatuses facilitating the formation of a vertical oyster reef. Each apparatus includes a rod frame and a plurality of individual mesh bags are positioned between an inner and an outer frame. The inner and outer frames include top and bottom frame portions and a plurality of side support frame members extending there between. Each individual mesh bag is aligned with at least one outer side support frame member and at least one inner side support frame member and wherein each individual mesh bag is coupled to an adjacent mesh bag. A plurality of cross ties extends between the inner frame and the outer frame and cultch material fills each individual mesh. The shoreline restoration method promotes shell accumulation and expands the tidal zone.

主权项

1. An apparatus facilitating the formation of a vertical oyster reef comprising:
A) A frame formed of rod members and including an inner frame and a radial outwardly spaced outer frame, the inner frame including an inner top frame portion and a vertically spaced inner bottom frame portion, the outer frame including an outer top frame portion and a vertically spaced outer bottom frame portion, a plurality of outer side support frame members extending between the outer top frame portion and the outer bottom frame portion, a plurality of inner side support frame members extending between the inner top frame portion and the inner bottom frame portion, and a plurality of cross ties extending between the inner frame and the outer frame; B) a plurality of individual mesh bags are positioned between the inner frame and the outer frame, wherein each individual mesh bag is aligned with at least one outer side support frame member and at least one inner side support frame member and wherein each individual mesh bag is coupled to an adjacent mesh bag; and C) Cultch material fills each individual mesh bag.