Living seawall begins to make waves in Longboat

Living seawall begins to make waves in Longboat

The living seawall is already working.Barnacles have anchored, seaweed is growing on and small fish are sheltering under the concrete panels which were affixed to 300 feet of seawall at Bayfront Park.That’s just the beginning, said Sarasota Bay Estuary Program director Dave Tomasko.“It’s just going to get better from here,” he said. “We want to see oysters. Oysters spawn usually in the summer, so we’re going to have to wait to go through a summe…