AQUAPLOT | Final Presentation

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aquaplot


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Rethinking Bostons Oyster Culture

aquaplot


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Use a clean kitchentowel to protect your

hand from the shell and

the knife. Hold the

oyster- cup side down-

in your palm with the

hinge toward you. Hold

the knife in your

dominant hand.

Insert the shucking knifeinto the hinge of the

oyster. Once inserted 1/2,

twist the knife to pop the

top shell. Follow the top

shell contour with your

knife. Continue to cut

through the adductor

muscle and remove the

top shell.

Rinse your oysters incold water and scrub

them.

Guide the knife under theoyster from the top to

cut the adductor muscle

Slice the muscle while

keeping the oyster intact

Keep the oyster intac

and preserve as much

oyster liquor as possible

Serve on ice.

STEP 01 STEP 02 STEP 03 STEP 04

How to Shuck an Oyster


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Pick the oyster up,keeping it flat so as not

to spill the juices. Hold it

so that the smooth

edge of the shell is

facing towards you.

Drizzle a little lemon,tabasco, cocktail sauce,

or mignonette if you

desire.

Use a cocktail fork, finger,or toothpick to nudge

the oyster loose from its

shell before slurping.

Tip the shell up and lethe oyster and its juices

slide into your mouth

Chew the meat a few

times to release its

sweetness; dont jus

swallow the whole thing

STEP 01 STEP 02 STEP 03 STEP 04

How to Eat an Oyster


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a. hinge

b. digestive gland

c. intestine

d. stomach

e. heart

f. gills

g. tentaclesh. mantle

i. anus

j. adductor muscle

The Oyster: Crassostrea virginica


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Oysters in Boston: A Local Legacy


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Oysters in Boston: Contemporary Culture


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4.1 million poundsof oysters were harvested in Massachusetts last year


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OYSTER-

PONDS

TOMAHAWK

ISLAND

CREEK

CUTTYHUNK

MOONSTONE

SHELTER

ISLANDMARTHAS

VINEYARD

COTUIT

WIANNO

WELLFLEET

PLYMOUTH

ROCK

NARAGAN-

SETT

UMAMI

QUONSET

POINT

WHALE

ROCK

WATCH

HILL

MECOX

BAY

WILLOWS

HOLE

PIPES

COVE

ROBINS

ISLAND

by261 growersin 22 communities

4.1 million poundsof oysters were harvested in Massachusetts last year


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Over40 restaurantsin the City of Boston serve oysters.

28 Degrees

49 Social

Atlantic Fish

B&G Oysters (MOP)

Barking Crab

Barlows Restaurant

Boston Chops

Canary Square

Chart House

Citizen Public House & Oyster BarEastern Standard Kitchen & Drinks

Gaslight Brasserie Du Coin

Grill 23

Island Creek Oyster Bar

Jasper Whites Summer Shack

Langham Hotel (MOP)

Legal Harborside

Les ZygomatesMare Oyster Bar

Marliave

McCormick & Schmicks Faneuil Hall

McCormick & Schmicks

Myers + Chang

Neptune Oyster

No-Name Restaruant

North End Fish Market (MOP)Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel (MOP)

Salty Dog Seafood Grille & Bar

Sel De La Terre - Long Wharf

Skipjacks

Smith & Wollensky

The Daily Catch North End

The Lansdowne

The Oceanaire Seafood Room

Turner FIsheries Bar

Union Oyster House

Yankee Lobster


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Isthiswhat you associate with Boston oysters?


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Theresanother sideto this picture . . .


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Each restaurant generates20 poundsof oyster shell per day.


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Each restaurant generates20 poundsof oyster shell per day.Thats one5 gallon bucketevery day.


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Each restaurant generates20 poundsof oyster shell per day.

Together, this totals about 300,000 poundsof oyster shell per year.

Thats one5 gallon bucketevery day.


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[Thats 15,000 bucketsevery year.]

Together, this totals about 300,000 poundsof oyster shell per year.

Thats one5 gallon bucketevery day.Each restaurant generates20 poundsof oyster shell per day.


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Thats300,000 poundsof oyster shell going into landfills


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Farm

Restaurant

Trash

Landfill

Bostons current systemlooks like this:


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Farm

Restaurant

Trash

Landfill

A broken cycle . . .

A missed opportunity


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How can these shells be used productively?


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BEN KOOPMAN

University of Florida

September 27

BLAKE PEARCE

Carolina Supplies LLC

September 30

CHAN-WON LEE

Eutrophication Study

September 30

EMILY DRISCOLL

Documentary Director

October 4

BOSTON CHOPS

Restaurant

September 23

SAVE THAT STUFF

Shell Storage

September 24

MYCO SUPPLY

Shell Supply

October 3

PAUL

Cape Cod Shellsh (wholesale)

October 10

DAN

Pangea Shellsh (wholesale)

October 10

GEORGE BUCKLEY

Harvard University

Extension School

October 4

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBE

ANDREW JAY

Mass OysterSeptember 25

P.J. WATERS

The Mobile Bay Oyster Gardening

Program

October 12

E.J. CHALABALA

Center for the Inland Bay

Shellsh Gardening Program

October 12

RAY GRIZZLE

University of New Hampshire

Oyster Conservationist Program

October 15

RAY KONISKY

The Nature Conservancy

Oyster Conservationist Program

October 15

DENNIS LEIGH

Urban Harbor Institute

UMass Boston

Nov 18

MATTHEW NASH

DCR

Nov 18

NICHOLA MESERVE

MASS Division of Marine Fisheries

Nov 18

SEAN COSGROVE

Conservation Law Foundation

Nov 18

MASS DIVISION OF MA

FISHERIES

MIT SEAGRA

MASS ENVIR

LITERACY PL

BOSTON NA

NETWORK

ANAMARIJA FRANKIC

UMass Boston

JEFF KENN

MASS Div

Fisheries

MICHAEL

MASS DivFisheries

THOMAS S

MASS Div

Fisheries

ROBIN L. JUST

Ocean Program Communicatio

Conservation Law Foundation


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aggregate / paving

tabby constructionfertilizer

soil amendmentcalcium supplement

chicken feed greywater filtration system

eutrophication treatment


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reef substrate


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O 8 %


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Over 85% of oyster reefs have been lost globally


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So HOWcan Boston address bothwasted shellsand oyster reef decline


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What makes aquaplotdifferent?


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OYSTER GARDEN KIT

PARTS

a. wire mesh c. spat-covered

oyster shells

d. oyster garden

basket

b. corner

reinforcements &

project label

GARDEN

+ +

These oysters are part of a city-wide oystergardeningprogramthatrecyclesshells,restoresnativeoysterreefs,andimproveslocalwaterquality.

DO NOTEATTHESEOYSTERS, THEYMAYBEHARMFULTO YOURHEALTH


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Whygo to all this trouble?


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Oyster gardening in Boston can provide a multitude of benefits

ADDRESS SHELL WASTE STREAM


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OYSTER

GARDENING

REBUILD REEFS

PROVIDE MARINE HABITAT

IMPROVE WATER QUALITY




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OYSTER

GARDENING

REBUILD REEFS

COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT



CITIZEN SCIENCE

CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES

EDUCATION




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OYSTER

GARDENING

REBUILD REEFS

COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT

ACTIVATE

WATERFRONT



CITIZEN SCIENCE


EDUCATION


CONNECT PEOPLE TO PLACE

CONNECT PEOPLE TO PEOPLE



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JOBS

REVENUE

LOCAL HERITAGE

TOURISM

OYSTER

GARDENING

REBUILD REEFS

AQUACULTURE

COMMUNITYENGAGEMENT

ACTIVATE

WATERFRONT



CITIZEN SCIENCE


EDUCATION

CONNECT PEOPLE TO PLACE

CONNECT PEOPLE TO PEOPLE


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So what COULD Boston look like?


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But why stop there. . .?


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SEATTLE

PORTLAND

SAN

FRANCISCO

LOS

ANGELES

MIAMI

SAVANNAH

CHARLESTON

PORTLAND

NORFOLK

BALTIMORE

PORTSMOUTH

PROVIDENCE

BOSTON

NEW YORK

HOUSTON

NEW

ORLEANS

MOBILE

TAMPA

Beyond the studio...


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CHINA

KOR

UNITED

STATES

China produces 85% of the worlds oysters.The US is the 4th largest producer.

TOURISM +

RECREATION


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SHELLFISH

INDUSTRY

WASTE

MANAGEMENT

SCIENCE +

RESEARCH

CONSTRUCTION

RESTORATION

POLLUTION +

WATER

QUALITY

PUBLIC

HEALTH

ECOLOGY

EDUCATION

AQUACULTURE

RESTAURANTS

HOTELS

FESTIVALS

RETAIL

WHOLESALE /

DISTRIBUTION

DISCARDED

SHELLS


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DUST

RY

BUSINESS

MUNICIP

ALITIES

LAND

FILL

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TARURANT

FARM


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FARM

REEFBUILDING

TRANSPO

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DUST

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BU

SINESS

MASS

OYSTER

PROJECT

GARDENERS

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