Sandbar Oyster Catcher Table spec sheet 20230326

The Oyster Catcher™ Table is a proprietary, patent-pending oyster reef
construction element produced by Sandbar Oyster Company
Our Tables (~2 ft in L, W, and H) offer exceptional reef design
versatility. Table tops can be fully closed or open, the latter allowing
legs of one Table to pass through the tops of Tables beneath, thereby
interlocking them for enhanced stability.
Oyster Catcher™ is a composite of two materials: jute cloth (the
structural element) hardened with cements. Our ability to shape the
cloth after soaking in a cement slurry allows production of a wide
variety of Oyster Catcher™ shapes.
The initial open space of Table reef frameworks rapidly infills as
oysters grow and fuse together on and among Tables.
The surfaces of Oyster Catcher™ elements are deeply textured making
them highly attractive to oyster larvae and protective for young
oysters. The rough surface of Table legs acts to lock Tables in place
once the legs are partially sunk into bottom sediments.
The next page provides views of different configurations of Oyster
Catcher™ Table reefs.
Tables weight ~30 pounds each and are easily installed by hand.
Oyster Catcher™ Tables
for oyster habitat creation and living shorelines
5117 Webb Street
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
Dr. Niels Lindquist, CEO
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For transport over land and water, Tables can be stacked in a spiral
fashion (typically 10 high) for cost-efficient delivery to work sites.
Figure 1. Single (left, center) and stacked (right) Table arrangements.
Figure 2. Side-by-side Table reef arrangements.
Figure 3. Interlocked Table reef arrangements.
Figure 4. Volunteers constructing Table reefs –Topsail Beach, NC.
Figure 5. Staged materials and newly installed reef –Surf City, NC .