Media

2024

Carrot Island Living Shoreline: https://coastalreview.org/2024/05/rachel-carson-reserve-beauforts-barrier-to-raging-storms/

Sugarloaf Island Living Shoreline: https://www.wunc.org/environment/2024-06-20/sugarloaf-island-morehead-city-oysters-wave-attenuation-devices

https://coastalreview.org/2024/05/sugarloaf-island-restoration-project-sees-progress/

Bald Head Island Living Shoreline: https://www.wect.com/2024/01/23/oyster-reef-be-constructed-bald-head-island-residents-vote-referendum-shoreline-project/

Living Shoreline Academy: https://coastalreview.org/2024/03/academy-aims-to-make-living-shorelines-more-accessible/

2023

Sugarloaf Island project begins! https://coastalreview.org/2023/11/83343/

Oyster Highway https://coastalreview.org/2023/09/oyster-highway-project-reaches-milestone-with-final-phase/

Green Gill Oysters https://ncoystertrail.org/what-makes-green-gill-oysters-unique/

2022

Surf City Living Shoreline https://wcti12.com/news/local/oyster-reef-construction-in-surf-city-designed-to-prevent-erosion-amid-rising-sea-levels

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https://portcitydaily.com/local-news/2022/08/09/surf-city-to-install-eco-friendly-alternative-to-combat-erosion-at-soundside-park/

Habitat Restoration Georgia https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/oyster-reef-habitat-restoration-protect-georgias-coast

North Topsail Beach* https://www.northtopsailbeachnc.gov/community/page/ntb-nc-coastal-federation-partner-living-shoreline-project

https://coastalreview.org/2022/12/living-shorelines-team-checks-out-latest-technology/

2021

Art installation using SANDBAR materials: https://www.witn.com/2021/06/04/one-of-a-kind-oyster-reef-installed-in-beaufort/

https://news.fsu.edu/news/arts-humanities/2021/07/08/fsu-art-professor-installs-sculpture-to-promote-living-shoreline-creation-and-oyster-habitat-restoration/

https://coastalreview.org/2021/04/new-shellfish-permit-geared-for-restoration/

2020

SANDBAR in face of climate change https://wraltechwire.com/2020/01/13/sandbar-oyster-company-promotes-ecological-balance-in-the-face-of-climate-change/

2019

https://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/article_925f4674-b4b8-11e9-acb5-c7b1caad66be.html

2018

2017

SANDBAR Rural Entrepreneur of the year https://www.publicradioeast.org/enc-regional-news/2017-12-26/carteret-county-business-wins-rural-entrepreneur-of-the-year

https://www.wral.com/beaufort-oyster-industry-explores-agritourism/16666832/

Coastwatch https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/coastwatch/previous-issues/2017-2/summer-2017/sea-science-growing-better-bivalves-science-local-knowledge-enhance-n-c-business/

2016

Green Gill Oysters https://www.tastingtable.com/691469/green-oysters-north-carolina-fines-de-claires-gills-france-clammerhead/

https://www.publicradioeast.org/pre-news/2016-04-11/scientist-and-local-fisherman-work-to-restore-oysters-at-the-crystal-coast

Partner: The Fisherman and the Scientist https://coastalreview.org/2016/04/13895/

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/technology/article74765387.html

https://www.wral.com/scientist-fisherman-combine-to-boost-oysters-off-nc-coast/15751275/

PBS Video https://video.pbsnc.org/video/nc-now-oyster-catchers/

Awards/Events

2024

NOAA VentureWell

2017

UNC KickStart Venture Services Program Start-Up Award, $34,000, Spring 2017

Finalist, 2017, FISH2.0 Global Business Challenge in Sustainable Fisheries

North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, 2017 Rural Entrepreneurs of the Year

2016

NC IDEA FOUNDATION (www.ncidea.org), $50,000 Start-Up award, Spring 2016 Seed Grant competition

SANDBAR’s Atlantic Emerald™ oyster featured in Rowan Jacobsen’s “The Essential Oyster”, published October 2016.  

Publications

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eap.2506

https://www.proquest.com/openview/5ea9a3c227ac4d3a1904e278479e6278/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y