Mussels

The Irish rope grown mussel industry has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification this month.

Crown Estate Scotland has announced plans to launch “a comprehensive ‘root and branch’ review of how Scotland’s seabed is leased for aquaculture” in order to “promote sustainable development and wider…

Researchers at the University of Strathclyde are leading a study, funded by the European Space Agency, to see how better digital connectivity and improved data collection could transform aquaculture o…

The Scottish shellfish sector experienced a drop in production, in terms of both volume and value, last year.

Global seafood consumption trends, ensuring traceable products and tackling the spectre of plastic pollution were highlighted as the key elements that the UK’s shellfish supply chain need to be aware …

Over €2 million in grant funding, supporting total investment of over €6,472,909 in the aquaculture and seafood processing sectors, has been announced by Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture Food and th…

The inshore survey boat will track mussel bed stocks in Dingle Bay and along the east coast of Ireland

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 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…

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.

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).

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.

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 …

Traditional mussel production may take place in sheltered sea lochs and estuaries, but an ambitious new venture off the coast of Devon has found that offshore options offer a range of benefits – both …