Half Shells for Habitat

Partnership with Town of North Hempstead and Seatuck to participate in the Half Shells for Habitat Conservation Project. Half Shells for Habitat (H4H), which was initiated by Seatuck and a host of partners in 2018, is an island-wide program to recover oyster shells from restaurants for use in oyster and habitat restoration efforts.

The program was established to address the critical need to return oyster shells to Long Island’s estuaries. The shells provide vitally important substrate on which wild young oysters can attach and grow, and they help to combat coastal acidification by returning calcium carbonate to the water.