Molluscs

Hoopers Island Oyster Co has unveiled Pearlception 2.0, the first high-speed, laser-guided oyster processing system designed and built in the US.

Four of Scotland’s top aquaculture producers are en route to Boston this week to exhibit at Seafood Expo North America (SENA).

Hope for the growth of the nascent US offshore aquaculture sector was offered by Lindsay Cruver, of Catalina Sea Ranch, in an illuminating presentation in New Orleans today.

The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), the UK government marine lab in Dorset, has been designated as a United Nations FAO Reference Centre for Bivalve Mollusc Sanitati…

In the second part of the feature, Professor Ross Houston, who is currently involved in using gene editing to improve resistance to diseases in salmon, explains the barriers – technical, regulatory an…

A major research collaboration between academic and industry scientists aims to boost selective breeding of vital UK aquaculture species.

According to a recent article in Issues in Science and Technology, octopus aquaculture raises significant welfare and environmental concerns

Dennis Hedgecock, founder of Pacific Hybreed, hopes to bring cutting-edge breeding science to the US west-coast shellfish sector, to ensure the long-term success of a pivotal industry.

A new study identifies ways that shellfish could revolutionise human health research

The recurring boom-and-bust cycles in aquaculture production, where upscaling leads to diseases and eventual production collapse, have been one of the key factors in the declining rate of the industry…

Originally from Brittany, Marie-Aude Danguy has been living and working in Ireland since the 1990s. She began working with a group of local shellfish farmers before establishing her own company, Trisk…

The true value of cultured bivalves such as mussels and oysters is chronically underestimated, according to a new report.

Thirty-two aquaculture projects are currently under development in Algeria’s Boumerdès province, where the local authorities aim to achieve an annual fish and seafood production of 15,000 tonnes per y…

Aquaculture leases contributed over half the £9 million paid to the Scottish Government by Crown Estate Scotland last year.

A new project is investigating how consumer products made from seafood by-products, such as mussel shells, can be more effectively marketed.

A million native oysters (Ostrea edulis) are due to be planted off the south coast of England next year, in a bid to boost the UK's dwindling population of the prized bivalves.

Scotland’s shellfish growing sector should be “celebrated” for the ecosystem services and the healthy food it provides, according to a leading politician.

A commercially viable pilot plan for developing mussel farming in Scotland has taken a step forward.

The producers of the best shellfish in Scotland were honoured last night as part of a competition that took place as part of the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers’ annual conference.

Scotland’s mussel and oyster farmers will descend on Oban this week for the annual conference of the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers (ASSG).