When it comes to shellfish, farm-raised oysters and mussels often surpass their wild-caught relatives in both cleanliness and sustainability. Bivalves like oysters, mussels, and clams actually improve ...

Samuel Tucker and his ten year old daughter Susannah show off their growing oyster farm, Tucker's Oysters, in Clinton on July 11, 2025. In waters just off Clinton, Connecticut, Samuel Tucker and his ...

A project underway at the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering aims to shed light and sound on the ...

Dalhousie University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. University of Stirling provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Nova Scotia is Canada’s top seafood exporter — ...

Excess seaweed can smother shellfish farms. But University of Washington researchers had hoped to turn that nuisance seaweed into something beneficial. Last summer, swaths of seaweed scraped from one ...

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Taylor Shellfish Farms is having a very merry birthday, with their fresh geoducks in national spotlight just in time for their 1-year celebrations today. All day, the family-owned shellfish farming ...

Can oysters and humans share the coast? That might seem a strange question, since oysters live in the water, people live on land, and a lot of residents and visitors like to both eat oysters and ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Carlsbad Aquafarm is saying goodbye to the Agua Hedionda Lagoon after the property owner, NRG Energy, discontinued the aquafarm’s lease. Thomas Grimm, CEO of Carlsbad Aquafarm, says ...