SHELLSHOCKED: Saving Oysters to Save Ourselves

The South Street Seaport Museum and The Harbor School present the New York Premiere of SHELLSHOCKED: Saving Oysters to Save Ourselves for a special screening of the film, followed by a Q&A with director Emily Driscoll, Meredith Comi, Mara Haseltine, and Pete Malinowski. The evening will also feature a wine and oyster reception.

SHELLSHOCKED: Saving Oysters to Save Ourselves, a film by Emily V. Driscoll, follows efforts to prevent the extinction of wild oyster reefs, which keep our oceans healthy by filtering water and engineering ecosystems. Today, because of overfishing and pollution, wild oyster reefs have been declared ‘the most severely impacted marine habitat on Earth’ and no longer play a role in their ecosystems. Now scientists, government officials, artists and environmentalists are fighting to bring oysters back, not to eat, but to restore the former oyster capital of the world – New York Harbor.

Reservations required.