The conference will be organised as a webinar / video assembly on two half-day sessions on the 4th and 5th of November. We are now delighted to announce the draft programme, to provide you with a taster of what is to come. …
The NORA Outreach Working Group is delighted to announce a Question and Answer session with the marine habitat restoration communications expert Dr Ian McLeod, as part of the second bimonthly Outreach Working Group meeting taking place at 10am (CET) on Tuesday June …
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The NORA Historical Ecology Working Group announces a call for collaborators to pull together data from scattered archives, historical news reports, naturalists reports and other sources from across the native range of the species. Expressions of interest are sought for …
The 3rd NORA Conference is going ahead 4th and 5th November 2020 – now online meeting! NORA 4 Conference foreseen as in-person meeting for spring / early summer 2021 in the Netherlands. The NORA 3 Organising Committee and NORA Advisory Board have reached …
Following the postponement of Aquaculture Europe 2020 in Cork, we have also updated our call for participants in the NORA Production Working Group meeting to take place at the conference. We invite you to join NORA for a face-to-face meeting …
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Authors: Hannah Z. L. Lee & William G. Sanderson Oyster restoration is not just about restoring a species or restoring an ecosystem. In the long run, the recovery of oyster habitat has the potential to bolster lost ecosystem services, such …
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In oyster restoration, the cultural value of oysters is often mentioned, and yet modern examples are rarely given. I recently had the pleasure of meeting (online) James Weaver, an artist based in Mersea, Essex, which is also home to the …
Announcing a Session titled Shellfish Restoration and Conservation at the upcoming Aquaculture Europe 2020 in Cork, Ireland (Sept 29th – Oct 2nd). Abstracts due via www.aquaeas.eu, and the submission deadline is June 1st, 2020. “Shellfish (oysters, clams, mussels) have seen a decline in population numbers providing incentive …
We invite you to join NORA for the first face-to-face meeting of the NORA Production Working Group, which will take place at the Aquaculture Europe meeting in Cork from 29th September to 2nd October 2020. Places are limited and registration is essential. Please contact the …
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The European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis, is an important species both for commercial purposes (aquaculture and fisheries) and from an ecological perspective. Both aquaculture of the species and restoration efforts, are, however, hampered by limited access to spat. Consequently, there is …
