Bringing Oysters Back to Town

James Cervino, a professor of marine biology at Pace University in New York City, thinks a little electricity could go a long way in helping oysters return to the city's waterways. On a recent morning in College Point, Queens, just a few blocks from where he grew up, Professor Cervino shows a visitor what he calls "the electric oyster reef project." He's installed a series of spiral-shaped bands of metal in the shallow water. At low tide, they jut from the water like giant strands of DNA. "I... Full Story