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Women of the Earth

How This Oyster Farmer is Reinventing Aquaculture

Season 2 Episode 2 | 18m 16s

Oysters are powerful ecosystem engineers—they filter water, reduce ocean acidification, and build reefs that act as natural breakwaters, protecting our coasts. But the plastic gear used to farm them is doing irreversible harm to the very ecosystems oysters help restore.

Aired: 09/03/25
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Watch • 16:10
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Watch • 14:33
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