Molluscs

Hoopers Island Oyster Co has unveiled two new oyster handling devices for high-production shellfish processing.

A new report is urging consumers to eat less farmed salmon in favour of more fish and shellfish that are lower down the foodchain.

The unique design of a corrugated cardboard composition pack for the transportation of fresh fish and shellfish has added registered status to its list of accolades.

The New Zealand government has announced a $19.95 million infrastructure investment that will allow a 20,000 tonne increase in the country’s mussel farming capacity.

Northern Australian aquaculture is set to increase its production five-fold and exceed $1.34 billion (US$886 million) in value within the next decade.

Small-scale French producers should consider growing oysters in cages in offshore locations, according to new research.

Funding worth £800,000 has been awarded to eleven of Scotland’s shellfish growers and trout producers, in a bid to mitigate the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic.

One of the UK’s largest aquaculture operations – which ultimately aims to cultivate scallops, oysters and seaweed in novel systems over a 25-hectare site off Yorkshire – is due to get started in the coming months.

A major bottleneck in octopus aquaculture appears to have been removed, thanks to the development of a pioneering method of incubating the eggs without the need for maternal broodstock.

Up to 100 trout farmers and shellfish producers whose businesses are being threatened by the effects of COVID-19 are being offered hardship payments of up to £27,000 from the Scottish Government.

Hoopers Island Oyster Co, in Maryland, has reported the completion of its first seed spawn of the season, and expect to soon have seed for sale to fellow oyster farmers along the Atlantic seaboard.

Rapid declines in mollusc production are predicted to occur within the next decade for some nations, due to climate change and ocean acidification (CC-OA).

How Hong Kong is working to maintain an 800-year-old oyster farming tradition and work with Shenzhen to restore Deep Bay.

Nearly £2 million has been awarded to projects that aim to improve the welfare of fish, crustaceans and cephalopods at slaughter.

Pacific oysters can reach market size in a mere five months given the right conditions, according to the results of a new trial.

A festival featuring oyster aquaculture pioneers and industry innovators presenting best practices in farm and business management will take place in Maryland on 3 April.

Shellfish cultivation, rather than tree planting, holds the key to carbon sequestration and the bid to battle global warming, according to Dr David Moore.

A new employment campaign has been launched today to encourage young people in Scotland to take up careers in the aquaculture sector.

A new project has been launched to investigate the use of new technologies – such as blockchain, internet of things and artificial intelligence – for seafood businesses in the far north of Europe.

Seagrass debris has the potential to improve the culture of sea cucumbers, according to new research.