Taylor Shellfish Company has reached a settlement with nearby homeowners and environmental advocates that will allow a large proposed Pierce County geoduck farm to move forward, subject to several ...

Groton — When former science teacher Mike Gilman got started as an oyster farmer, Tessa Getchis, senior extension educator at Connecticut Sea Grant, mentored him. And for the past three years, the ...

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Over the past 50 years, global aquaculture including fish, mussel and seaweed farms has grown dramatically. Almost half of the world’s wild-caught fish is used to produce fishmeal and oils that feed ...

Researchers at UNC Wilmington are working to support North Carolina's growing shellfish industry. Oyster populations have declined due to unsustainable harvesting, development, and disease. Scientists ...

China’s tidal flats feed people and mollusc eating migrating shorebirds like red knots, great knots and Eurasian oystercatchers. Under good management, these flats used for aquaculture markedly reduce ...