Publications
Roadmap to Scale Up Native Oyster Hatchery Production in Europe
April 2026
Authors:
Philine S.E. zu Ermgassen, Anna Cucknell, Alison Debney, Matt Uttley, Joanne Preston
Funders:
This project was supported by the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme, managed by the Cambridge Conservation Initiative in partnership with Arcadia
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Report-Roadmap-to-scaling-up-hatchery-production-V7.pdf
Historical dataset details the distribution, extent and form of lost Ostrea edulis reef ecosystems
November 2024
Authors:
Ruth H. Thurstan, Hannah McCormick, Joanne Preston, Elizabeth C. Ashton, Floris P. Bennema, Ana Bratoš Cetinić, Janet H. Brown, Tom C. Cameron, Fiz da Costa, David W. Donnan, Christine Ewers, Tomaso Fortibuoni, Eve Galimany, Otello Giovanardi, Romain Grancher, Daniele Grech, Maria Hayden-Hughes, Luke Helmer, K. Thomas Jensen, José A. Juanes, Janie Latchford, Alec B. M. Moore, Dimitrios K. Moutopoulos, Pernille Nielsen, Henning von Nordheim, Bárbara O ndiviela, Corina Peter, Bernadette Pogoda, Bo Poulsen, Stéphane Pouvreau, Cordula Scherer, Aad C. Smaal, David Smyth, Åsa Strand, John A. Theodorou & Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen
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Historical-dataset-details-the-distribution-extent-and-form-of-lost-Ostrea-edulis-reef-ecosystem.pdf
European Native Oyster Reef Ecosystems Are UniversallyCollapsed
October 2024
Authors:
Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen, Hannah McCormick, Alison Debney, José M.Fariñas-Franco, Celine Gamble, Chris Gillies, Boze Hancock, Ane T. Laugen, Stéphane Pouvreau, Joanne Preston, William G. Sanderson, Åsa Strand, Ruth H.Thurstan
Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems
October 2024
Authors:
Ruth H. Thurstan, Hannah McCormick, Joanne Preston, Elizabeth C. Ashton, Floris P. Bennema, Ana Bratoš Cetinić, Janet H. Brown, Tom C. Cameron, Fiz da Costa, David W. Donnan, Christine Ewers, Tomaso Fortibuoni, Eve Galimany, Otello Giovanardi, Romain Grancher, Daniele Grech, Maria Hayden-Hughes, Luke Helmer, K. Thomas Jensen, José A. Juanes, Janie Latchford, Alec B. M. Moore, Dimitrios K. Moutopoulos, Pernille Nielsen, Henning von Nordheim, Bárbara Ondiviela, Corina Peter, Bernadette Pogoda, Bo Poulsen, Stéphane Pouvreau, Callum M. Roberts, Cordula Scherer, Aad C. Smaal, David Smyth, Åsa Strand, John A. Theodorou & Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen
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Records-reveal-the-vast-historical-extent-of-European-oyster-reef-ecosystems.pdf
European Native Oyster Habitat Restoration Site Selection Checklist
November 2021
Authors:
Anna Hughes; Philine zu Ermgassen
What restoration practitioners need to know about the oyster production industry
November 2021
Authors:
Åsa Strand; Nienke Bakker; Allan Bird; Ainhoa Blanco; Kruno Bonačić; Gianni Brundu; Berenger Colsoul; Iarfhlaith Connellan; Fiz da Costa; Monica Fabra; Mary Hannan; Tristan Hugh-Jones; Gary Humm; Pernille Nielsen; Brecht Stechle; Philine zu Ermgassen
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NORA-What-restoration-practitioners-need-to-know.pdf
What oyster producers need to know about oyster habitat restoration
November 2021
Authors:
Philine zu Ermgassen; Pierre Boudry; Tom Cameron; Anamarija Frankic; Celine Gamble; Luke Helmer; Zoë Holbrook; Pauline Kamermans; Joanne Preston; Camille Saurel; David Smyth; Åsa Strand
European Native Oyster Habitat Restoration Monitoring Handbook
November 2021
(updated on 03.2022)
Editors:
Philine zu Ermgassen, Oscar Bos, Alison Debney, Celine Gamble, Azra Glover, Bernadette Pogoda, Stéphane Pouvreau, William Sanderson, David Smyth, Joanne Preston
Download:
European-Native-Oyster-Habitat-Restoration-Monitoring-Handbook-updated-03-2022.pdf
Factsheet: Let´s bring back oyster reefs!
June 2021
Editors:
NORA Secretariat & Native Oyster Network – UK & Ireland (NON)
Download:
NORA-Oyster-Factsheet-UN-Decade.pdf
Udo van Dongen, Bureau Waardenburg
Let’s Bring Back Oyster Reefs! #GenerationRestoration
June 2021
Download Social Media Card and NORA UN Decade Logo (jpg):
NORA-NON-UN-Decade-Logo-and-Social-Media-Card.zip
Udo van Dongen, Bureau Waardenburg
June 2021
Download Social Media Card and NORA UN Decade Logo (jpg):
NORA-SRRN-UN-Decade-Logo-and-Social-Media-Card.zip
Forty questions of importance to the policy and practice of native oyster reef restoration in Europe
2020
Authors:
Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen, Kruno Bonačić, Pierre Boudry, Cass A. Bromley, Tom C. Cameron, Bérenger Colsoul, Joop W. P. Coolen, Anamarija Frankić, Boze Hancock, Tom M. van der Have, Zoë Holbrook, Pauline Kamermans, Ane T. Laugen, Nancy Nevejan, Bernadette Pogoda, Stéphane Pouvreau, Joanne Preston, Christopher J. Ranger, William G. Sanderson, Hein Sas, Åsa Strand, William J. Sutherland
European Guidelines on Biosecurity in Native Oyster Restoration
November 2020
Editors:
Philine zu Ermgassen, Celine Gamble, Alison Debney, Bérenger Colsoul, Monica Fabra, William G Sanderson, Åsa Strand, Joanne Preston
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European-Guidelines-on-Biosecurity-in-Native-Oyster-Restoration.pdf
European Native Oyster Habitat Restoration Handbook
November 2020
Editors:
Joanne Preston, Celine Gamble, Alison Debney, Luke Helmer, Boze Hancock, Philine zu Ermgassen
Download:
European-Native-Oyster-Habitat-Restoration-Handbook.pdf
The Native Oyster Restoration Alliance (NORA) and the Berlin Oyster Recommendation: bringing back a key ecosystem engineer by developing and supporting best practice in Europe
2019
Authors:
Bernadette Pogoda, Janet Brown, Boze Hancock, Joanne Preston, Stephane Pouvreau, Pauline Kamermans, William Sanderson and Henning von Nordheim
Aquatic Living Resources (2019) Vol. 32, Article No. 13: doi.org/10.1051/alr/2019012
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https://www.alr-journal.org/articles/alr/pdf/2019/01/alr190016.pdf
The Berlin Oyster Recommendation – result of a common workshop on native oyster restoration and reintroduction.
2017
Authors:
Bernadette Pogoda, Janet Brown, Boze Hancock, Henning von Nordheim (eds.)
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Berlin-Oyster-Recommendation-Part-1.pdf