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Living Shoreline Restoration
Graphic Credit: Mobile Press Register
Living Shoreline Restoration
Slide Credit: Jared McKee - DISL
• Sparse biotic community
• Eroding shoreline
• Oyster bar foundation
• Shoreline stabilized
• Seagrass colonization?
• Some small fish and invertebrates
• Large oyster reef
• Expanded emergent marsh
• Expanded seagrass?
• Small and Large fish and invertebrates
• Sparse biotic community
• Eroding shoreline
• Oyster bar foundation
• Shoreline stabilized
• Seagrass colonization?
• Some small fish and invertebrates
• Large oyster reef
• Expanded emergent marsh
• Expanded seagrass?
• Small and Large fish and invertebrates
Goals for TNC Breakwater Project
• Reef Construction,• Shoreline Stabilization,• Marsh Re-growth, • Faunal Utilization, and• Seagrass Colonization.
Site Locations
Site 2
Site 1
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Mobile Bay
Portersville Bay
Bayou La Batre
Mobile
Site 2
Site 1
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Mobile Bay
Portersville Bay
Bayou La Batre
Site 2
Site 1
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Mobile Bay
Portersville Bay
Bayou La Batre
Mobile
Site Locations
Site 1: Bay Front Park to Heron Point Bridge, Mobile Bay; Mobile County, AL (30.344917N, -88.123355W)
Site 2: Coffee Island, Portersville Bay; Mobile County, AL (30.338954N, -88.253860W)
Why did the shoreline need strengthening?Coffee Island Historical Erosion Aerial Photography (slide courtesy of Carl Ferraro)
Project Update - Bagged Oyster Shell
• Wayne Eldridge with J&W Marine Enterprises, Inc.
• Full Time Crew of about 8 -10 people
• Magical Oyster Bagging Machine
• Creating approximately 140,000 bags of oyster shell.
Project Update - Reef Balls
• Reef Innovations, Inc.• Larry Beggs – President• Robbie Duke –
Superintendant• Harry Rolfe - Superintendant
• Crew of 6 people
• Creating 3,168 Reef Balls.
Project Update - ReefBLKs
• Coastal Environments, Inc.
• Mitch Tinsley – Project Manager
•Crew of about 8 people.
•Creating 492 units to cover 750 linear meters of breakwater.
Alabama Port Treatment Layouts
Alabama PortTreatment Material
1 Control2 Shell Bags3 ReefBLKs4 Reef Balls5 Reef Balls6 Shell Bags7 ReefBLKs8 Control
• Treatments are labeled from North to South
• Each Treatment is 125m (~137 yd) in length
Slide Credit: Jared McKee - DISL
Coffee Island Treatment Layouts
Slide Credit: Jared McKee - DISL
Coffee IslandTreatment Material
1 Control2 Reef Balls3 Shell Bags4 ReefBLKs5 ReefBLKs6 Reef Balls7 Control8 Shell Bags
• Treatments are labeled from North to South
• Each Treatment is 125m (~137 yd) in length
ReefBLK Layout
Slide Credit: Jared McKee - DISL
Beach
Berm
Marsh
30m
125m
2.64m
Beach
Berm
Marsh
30m30m
125m125m
2.64m2.64m2.64m
Distance from Shore - 30mLength - 125mWidth ~ 2.64mHeight ~ 0.61m
ReefBLK Site Bathymetries
Slide Credit: Jared McKee - DISL
Alabama Port 3
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60
Elev
atio
n
-1.8
-1.6
-1.4
-1.2
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
Nov. 19 2009Jan. 5 2010
Alabama Port 7
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Elev
atio
n
-1.4
-1.2
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
Nov 19 2009Jan 5 2010
Coffee Island 4
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Ele
vatio
n
-1.2
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
Nov. 16 2009Jan. 13 2010
Coffee Island 5
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Elev
atio
n
-1.2
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
Nov. 16 2009Jan. 13 2010
Reef Ball Layout
Slide Credit: Jared McKee - DISL
Distance from Shore - 30mLength - 125mWidth ~ 2.64mHeight ~ 0.61m
Beach
Berm
Marsh
30m
2.28m
125m
Beach
Berm
Marsh
30m30m
2.28m2.28m2.28m
125m125m
Distance from Shore - 30mLength - 125mWidth - 2.28mHeight - 0.53m
Slide Credit: Jared McKee - DISL
Reef Ball Site Bathymetries
Slide Credit: Jared McKee - DISL
Alabama Port 4
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Ele
vatio
n
-1.8
-1.6
-1.4
-1.2
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
Nov. 19 2009Jan. 5 2010
Alabama Port 5
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60
Elev
atio
n
-1.4
-1.2
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
Nov. 19 2009Jan. 5 2010
Coffee Island 2
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Elev
atio
n
-1.2
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
Nov. 16 2009Jan. 13 2010
Coffee Island 6
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Elev
atio
n
-1.2
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
Nov. 16 2009Jan. 13 2010
Bagged Oyster Shell Layout
Slide Credit: Jared McKee - DISL
30m
10m
17m
10m 10m10m
17m 17m 17m17m
Beach
Berm
Marsh
30m30m
4m
10m10m
17m17m
10m10m 10m10m10m10m
17m17m17m17m
Beach
Berm
Marsh
Distance from Shore - 30mTotal Length - 125mWidth - 4mHeight ~ 0.7m
Bagged Shell Site Bathymetries
Slide Credit: Jared McKee - DISL
Alabama Port 2
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Elev
atio
n
-2.5
-2.0
-1.5
-1.0
-0.5
0.0
0.5
Nov. 19 2009Jan. 5 2010
Alabama Port 6
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Elev
atio
n
-1.2
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
Nov. 19 2009Jan. 5 2010
Coffee Island 3
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Elev
atio
n
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
Nov. 16 2009Jan. 13 2010
Coffee Island 8
Distance from Transit
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Elev
atio
n
-1.2
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
Nov. 16 2009Jan. 13 2010
Geo-Grid
• Geo-Grid is being used to help prevent subsidence in the soft soils within the project area.
• Geo-Grid will be placed, staked, and weighted down just prior to deployment of various treatments
Monitoring Metrics
1. Oyster Abundance2. Seagrass Cover3. Finfish and Mobile Invertebrates4. Sediment Size and Organic Content5. Shoreline Stabilization6. Marsh Plant Density
Socio-Economic Component
Major Goal: To better understand the link between coastal residents and coastal resources
1) What are the biggest threats to coastal fisheries and habitats?
2) Which habitats and resources are the most important to protect and restore?
3) Where does an oyster have its greatest economic value?
Slide Credit: Steven Scyphers- USA
Socio-Economic Survey Details
Target Group: Coastal Alabama Residents (n=1000)*Focus on Bayou la Batre, Alabama
Method: Random dial Telephone Survey
Project Leadership:USA: Dr. Sean Powers
Dr. Steve PicouSteven Scyphers (sscyphers@disl.org)
UNF: Dr. Jeffrey WillCollaborators:
NOAA: Dr. Peter EdwardsTNC: Dr. Rob Brumbaugh
Slide Credit: Steven Scyphers- USA
Q&A
Questions?
Comments?
Thank you!
“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of
the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.”
Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
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