Incorporating engineered oyster reefs into dredged material management

Tyler Ortego, MS PEORA Estuaries &

Wayfarer Environmental Technologies

“Integrating Dredging and Dredged Material Reuse with Environmental Restoration”

http://www.deepeningportofhouston.com/downloads/POHDW_Env_Assess.pdf

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Old School

Do more with more

http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/prj/westbay/photos/Hydraulic-cutterhead-dredge.gif

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Achieve engineering objectives plus environmental/regulatory objective with one

feature

The Oyster

The Oyster

Reef habitatOyster brood stockRecreational fishing

Water qualityShoreline protection

Stabilize dredged materialOyster harvest

Sequester carbon(?)

The Oyster

Berrigan et al. (1991)

The Oyster

Engineered Oyster Reefs

Engineered Oyster Reefs

Engineered Oyster Reefs

Engineered Oyster Reefs

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Solve multiple objectives at once

Future work

Future work

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