Reporter Magazine - Fall 2023

VOL. 18, NO. 4 / FALL 2023 / URNER BARRY'S REPORTER • 41

The

Leading

Crab

Importer!

Numbers don't lie. For

Quality, Integrity, and

Customer Service there

is only one choice -

Newport International!

For a personalized quote

please call

(727) 362.2686

or email

newportintl.com

Your crabmeat

headquarters.

We've all ordered Blue Point and Olympia oysters, but imagine having the opportunity to

enjoy a Gotham City or Hudson River Park oyster? The Billion Oyster Project has already

introduced 100 million oysters at 18 sites…it may be a reality sooner than anyone thinks.

Article contributed by Jim Kenny

Billion Oyster Project's

achievements since 2014

100 MILLION OYSTERS

have been introduced to NY Harbor

18 RESTORATION SITES

have been established;

12 are field stations designed

to engage the local community

2.2 MILLION-PLUS POUNDS

of shell have been reclaimed

from NYC restaurants

Pier 32, East River (Oyster Market) under Manhattan Bridge in New York City in the 1910s.

Photo credit: NYC Department of Records and Information Services

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