$5m worth of oysters wiped out after fresh rainwater overwhelms their Texas home

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s deadly to oysters when you get that amount of fresh water,” Prestige Oysters Vice President Raz Halili told KHOU. “They’re resilient creatures but there’s only so much they can take.” open image in gallery A massive pile of oyster shells collected by Pier 6 Seafood and Oyster House in San Leon, Texas. The shells will be reintroduced to reefs in Galveston Bay to help promote regrowth of the oyster population after storms in Houston nearly wiped out the oyster population in the bay Halili, who also owns a seafood restaurant, told Houston Public Media that he lost approximately $5million worth of his oyster crop in private fishing reefs. open image in gallery Workers place bags of shells containing baby oysters into the water in Beach Haven, N.J. on Aug. 19, 2022 as part of a project to stabilize the shoreline by establishing oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves That's why he's been collecting oyster shells.