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Incorporating engineered oyster reefs into dredged material management
Tyler Ortego, MS PEORA Estuaries &
Wayfarer Environmental Technologies
“Integrating Dredging and Dredged Material Reuse with Environmental Restoration”
http://www.deepeningportofhouston.com/downloads/POHDW_Env_Assess.pdf
Do more with less
Old School
Do more with more
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/prj/westbay/photos/Hydraulic-cutterhead-dredge.gif
Do more with less
Achieve engineering objectives plus environmental/regulatory objective with one
feature
The Oyster
The Oyster
Reef habitatOyster brood stockRecreational fishing
Water qualityShoreline protection
Stabilize dredged materialOyster harvest
Sequester carbon(?)
The Oyster
Berrigan et al. (1991)
The Oyster
Engineered Oyster Reefs
Engineered Oyster Reefs
Engineered Oyster Reefs
Engineered Oyster Reefs
Do more with less
Solve multiple objectives at once
Future work
Future work
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