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The following includes a look into Eastern United States, specifically the New York Harbor area on oyster reef restoration.

As of September 2016, the Environmental Protection Department of New York City have added nearly 50,000 adult oysters to Jamaica Bay. The funding comes from a grant of $1 million given by the United States Interior Department's Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program. By inducing a self-sustaining oyster population into Jamaica Bay, potential benefits include: "improving water quality, protecting the shoreline from erosion and reviving habitats for fish and wildlife".

The following includes a look into specific project in the NYC area known as the Billion Oyster Project

Pete Malinowski is a founder and director of the Billion Oyster Project who hopes to rejuvenate 1 billion oysters into the New York City waters and says, “It used to be known for its oysters. At one time, half of the world’s oysters were harvested in the New York Harbor.” The goal seems ambitious but pales to the number of oysters that populated the waters in colonial times: 3 trillion oysters, and 300,000,000,000,000,000,000 annual spawn of oyster larvae. In September of 2016, 85 cages with five gallons of oysters each were tied to a 400 pound anchor and pulled into the harbor to be dropped. For 2 years the department will assess the surrounding water quality and monitor oyster beds.

Oyster reef restoration
I would like to add information on specific locations and programs that are implementing oyster restoration in the United States. In particular, New York and Pennsylvania may be good places to mention because the article only mentions Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina. There are also many types of programs being utilized that can be discussed and added as a new section.

Possible sources to use

 * Schmidt, Samantha. "Oysters Are Nearly Extinct in New York Waters. This Team Is Trying to Coax Them Back." The New York Times. The New York Times, 04 Sept. 2016. Web. 27 Feb. 2017. .
 * Administrator, and Blue Water Media, Inc., (202)861-0000, Www.bluewatermedia.com. "Oyster Restoration - Oysters." Environmental Education - Wetlands- Fisheries - NOAA Chesapeake Bay. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2017. .
 * Chakraborty, Parthasarathi. "Oyster reef restoration in controlling coastal pollution around India: A viewpoint." Marine Pollution Bulletin 115.1-2 (2017): 190-93. Web.

Critique an Article
Oyster reef restoration
 * Relatively neutral, yet slightly pro-oyster restoration due to no mention of possible problems that could result
 * Facts are referenced with reliable sources
 * New info about specific successes (outside of US) of oyster restoration could be included

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