Oysters

How Maine’s leading oyster producers are pioneering new methods to overcome the latest biological, climactic and social challenges to face the sector.

How tech is transforming our understanding of the ecological benefits delivered by New England’s renowned shellfish farming sector

A recent study has confirmed that mussel and oyster farming can play a key role in improving water quality by removing hundreds of tonnes of nitrogen from coastal bays and estuaries.

While aquaculture is often associated with degrading water quality, invasive species introductions and the destruction of important coastal habitats, increasing evidence suggests that well-designed and managed aquaculture – particularly of shellfish and seawee…

The use of aquaculture-derived waste products to grow secondary crops – such as used in biofloc systems or aquaponics – can increase profits by more than 20 percent, as some of the leading proponents of this field explain.

Oyster restoration has long been a priority for The Nature Conservancy. Shellfish serve as nature’s water-purification system, filtering sediment, algae and excess nutrients from the water. Their reefs provide nurseries and feeding grounds for fish and other c…

Long Island’s fledgling sugar kelp farming sector “may unlock a wealth of economic and environmental opportunities for coastal communities”.

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 and ethical – that need to be overcome before such techniques …

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.

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, Triskell Seafood Ltd, which specialises in live shellfish.

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

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.