Bivalves

Recent growth of the shellfish aquaculture industry in Virginia has added significant value to the States seafood marketplace, according to the Virginia Shellfish Aquaculture Situation and Outlook Report. This report is based upon an industry survey completed …

Dorothy-Jean McCoubrey, writes for Aquaculture NZ, about the devastating impacts of the oyster herpes virus.

Steps are being taken in the shellfish industry together with the Food Standards Agency in the UK to improve the classification system for bivalve beds around the British coastline, writes TheFishSite Editor in Chief, Chris Harris.

The sustainable management of shellfish needs a long-term strategy to apply precautionary approach concepts to shellfish stocks, writes TheFishSite editor in chief, Chris Harris.

Scientists at Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, have pioneered new technology to test if shellfish are safe to eat.

A joint study by local oyster growers and researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that moving farmed oysters into saltier waters just prior to harvest nearly eliminates the presence of a bacterium that can sicken humans.