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Liv Casben

Millions of flooded baby oysters rescued

The National Marine Science Centre's Stephan Soule is helping to look after flood-affected oysters. (AAP)

When the flooding rains hit northern NSW, farmer Todd Graham knew his baby oysters were in trouble.

Three million baby oysters, or spat, were delivered to farmers on the Macleay River just days before the floods, but the heavy rains soon meant the water was not salty enough for the oysters, which were only a few millimetres long.

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