Molluscs

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).

Tony Chen, founder of Manolin, explains why he ditched working for Uncle Sam in favour of joining an aquaculture accelerator, even though he’s better at managing data than fish

Tributes to Richie Flynn, the president of the aquaculture section of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), have been flooding in following his sudden death last week.

Offshore Shellfish Ltd, which aims to be the UK’s largest producer of mussels, has appointed Huw Thomas as its general manager.

A widely farmed antipodean oyster species is getting smaller due to coastal acidification, according to a new University of Stirling study.

Aquaculture will be the main focus of this year’s meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), with presentations on breeding, rearing, and harvesting of aquatic organisms in freshwater, brackish,…

Atsuko Nozaki has been growing and selling oysters in Japan's Okayama Prefecture for 46 years and is now the face of the family aquaculture business.

An initiative to improve the management of the world’s largest commercial squid stock has been singled out for praise.

Lynne Frame, freshwater specialist at Scottish Sea Farms, recounts an action-packed introduction to the aquaculture industry that has seen her grow mussels in New Zealand, produce smolt in the Arctic …

Natalie Clark, nursery manager at Hoopers Island Oyster Co in Maryland, explains how plans to reseed the Chesapeake Bay with 10 billion bivalves have not only given her a dream career, but can also he…

Loch Fyne Oysters celebrated its 40th anniversary by scooping the top prize in the Fish and Seafood category of Scotland’s Food and Drink Awards.