Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Mussel power: how an offshore <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/shellfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shellfish</span></a> farm is boosting marine life <a href="https://theconversation.com/mussel-power-how-an-offshore-shellfish-farm-is-boosting-marine-life-251192" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/mussel-pow</span><span class="invisible">er-how-an-offshore-shellfish-farm-is-boosting-marine-life-251192</span></a> </p><p>"Over many years, the studies have shown how some <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mussels</span></a> from the farm have fallen to the seabed and regenerated lost shell reefs. The farm has also boosted populations of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crabs</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lobsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobsters</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/scallops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scallops</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/starfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starfish</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a>, conger <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/eels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eels</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sharks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sharks</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/rays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rays</span></a>... By creating structure and excluding the damaging effects of bottom-towed fishing, offshore <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/MusselFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusselFarms</span></a> can restore degraded <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fishing</span></a> grounds"</p>