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UNFILTERED: The Truth About Oysters

Directed By
Joshua Bryan McLawhorn
Produced By
Chucha Barber
Past Presentation
Cinema Verde
Florida Food Award
2024
UNFILTERED:  The Truth About Oysters
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UNFILTERED:  The Truth About Oysters
89
Minutes
Minute
Water
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Conservation
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United States
2023

Ninety percent of the world’s ancient oyster reefs have collapsed in the last thirty years. Faced with the human pressures of coastal development, pollution, reduced freshwater flow, and overharvesting, the renowned oyster reefs in Florida’s Apalachicola Bay are now slipping toward the same fate. Oysters have long been the silent protectors of the oceans, cleaning water and building the foundation of estuaries where thousands of species thrive, from plankton to game fish. They are living water filtration systems, storm barriers, and an ancient source of protein. The fate of oysters in Apalachicola Bay is not sealed. Fresh water management, artificial reefs, shell recycling, and other restoration strategies may be able to save the world’s oyster populations from complete collapse. It’s not too late.

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