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Photo of oyster shells in cages on a rack

Photo of an oyster

"It basically has no other option except to dump it and fill up our landfill sites,"
he said.

Photo of two men crouching in front of oyster shells

"Perhaps up to 85 per cent of shellfish reefs have been lost globally. And so there's a big movement globally to start restoring these oyster reefs."

Photo of oyster shells in a cage

Mounds of oyster shells

"So we got some money together from some funding and approached some people and bought it from them."

Photo of a boat on the water

"It makes you realise that there's so many people on the planet with so few resources that we really have to look after what we've got."

Map of Moreton Bay reef restoration

"I can't see why anyone would be disappointed for us to take away their rubbish for free,"
he said.

Photo of a coral reef

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