Oysters are also currently being restored in New York. They had largely disappeared and one of the reasons was over-consumption; at one point there were a billion oysters being harvested per year. The current goal is to just get back to one billion at all. https://untappedcities.com/2022/08/04/history-new-york-oyste...
The problem was that until recent decades, New York harbor was so full of pollution it was overwhelming the oysters. (19 million people's worth of sewage and runoff is a lot.)
A couple of large investments into waste treatment plants and now it is slowly getting back on its feet.
Oysters are also currently being restored in New York. They had largely disappeared and one of the reasons was over-consumption; at one point there were a billion oysters being harvested per year. The current goal is to just get back to one billion at all. https://untappedcities.com/2022/08/04/history-new-york-oyste...