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Upcycling ‘Beach Snow’: Clearing Taiwan’s Oyster Farming Marine Debris

Posted: 30 Oct 2019 09:01 PM PDT

"If you go to some Taiwan beaches, you can see snow," said Chieh-Shen (Jason) Hu, Ocean Initiative Coordinator for Taiwan's Society of Wilderness, a 6,000-member organization similar to Sierra Club. Hu was referring to pervasive Styrofoam marine debris from western Taiwan's oldest industry, oyster aquaculture.In April 2019, the Taiwan Fisheries Agency invited me to tour […] Related posts: How Protecting the Antarctic Marine Life Could Help Save the Blue Planet Every Day is Earth Day:...

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