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Return of the wild oyster: conservationists bring shellfish back from local extinction off Scottish coast

Scientists succeed in breeding wild oysters in Dornoch Firth, near Inverness, from where they disappeared more than 100 years ago The baby oysters, with their rough cream-coloured shells and ragged edges, are about the size of a 50 pence piece. But off the north-east coast of Scotland, they are proof of a breakthrough in marine conservation. For the first time in the UK, scientists have succeeded in breeding wild…