TU Delft Student Stories - CEG - Kick-start for oysters at offshore wind farms

Splash…slowly a cube-shaped structure sinks to the bottom of the Delta flume at TU Delft’s Waterlab. A camera is recording every movement. Will it be a soft landing? And what will happen when the flume goes into stormy weather mode?
Civil Engineering master student Eva Siderius has come up with a design for a small, droppable oyster broodstock structure which will make its way to the bottom of the sea and remain there even under extreme weather conditions. Eva is hoping the structure will kickstart the growth of oyster reefs on the ocean floor near offshore wind farms, while improving the North Sea’s biodiversity at the same time.
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