The reef, in the River Hamble, home to about 30,000 oysters, was created by the Solent Seascape Project in 2023 as part of a scheme to bring back native oyster reefs to the Solent area.
The project, led by Blue Marine Foundation, teamed up with the Royal Navy to inspect the reef for the first time using a remote operated vehicle (ROV).
The underwater footage showed oysters on the reef, that covers an area about the size of a football pitch, had successfully settled and sponges, sea lettuce, crabs and fish were thriving on the gravel and shell reef.
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