Restoring Filter Feeders

Mitigating Pollution

Building Coastal Resilience

Cleaner nearshore ocean waters

 

Expanding seagrass beds

 
 

More fish to enjoy, catch, release

 

Environments where manatees can thrive

Microalgae - a solution that’s not easy to see

Excess nutrients in nearshore marine environments is a growing problem.

Microalgae is a consumer of nitrogen, removing it from it’s harmful soluble form, transforming it into a solid, and breaking it down to the air we breathe, food for seagrasses, and more.

Our initiative supports the process in which microalgae brings balance to the system.

The Diatom Initiative

With experience in the bivalve industry, restoration, and partnerships that extend back to the Florida Net Fishing Ban in 1994, The Diatom Initiative is focused on the connection between filter-feeders and microalgae in the near-shore marine environment.

  • Our Toolbox

    Developed through decades of previous restoration and ongoing collaborative research at the university and federal level.

    These novel tools are the key to quantification, verification, and the success of future strategies.

  • PODs ™

    Population of Optimal Density - a proven multiple pronged approach to bivalve restoration

  • Bay Scallops

    20 years of experience in bay scallop restoration, research, and project design.

  • Genetics

    Tracking the success and impact of shellfish restoration projects across multiple generations

  • Tracing

    Tracking the success and impact of shellfish restoration projects beyond traditional tagging