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On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:31:50 -0400, hk
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As for the oyster bar, I bet on the oysters, particularly if they were
seeded on coral rock.

The oyster beds I recall in and along the ICW were seeded on a
muddy/sandy bottom.



Some of the restoration does use coral rock like rip rap stones to
anchor the new beds until they get established. The other method
involves bolding the seeded shell together in wire mesh. Neither are
very "prop friendly".
Florida Gulf Coast University has an active restoration program going
on here using the wire mesh method. Running over one of these beds is
about like hitting a pile of crab traps full of rocks

I guess the ultimate is still the airboat. Too damn noisy though.