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Native oysters return to Belfast after a century's absence / 347G2EZ
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Long gone from Belfast's famed harbour, where the Titanic was built, oysters are making a comeback thanks to a nursery installation project aimed at boosting biodiversity and water quality. Until the early 1900s the narrow Belfast Lough channel was home to large oyster reefs but the population was gradually decimated by overfishing, disease and pollution. Now environmentalists aim to restore that lost habitat, hoping the seabed will eventually be covered again with the marine molluscs. "We are committed to being a green and sustainable port" says Simon Gibson, the harbour's enivronmental officer, "we are looking at more nature-based solutions." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES