Mussels

Having been inspired to start mussel farming by studies showing many potential benefits of bivalve aquaculture, fledgling farmer Jude Brown has been heartened by the results of her own research.

A $100,000 grant from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to jumpstart the shellfish aquaculture industry and water quality initiatives has been awarded to Ashley Smyth, an assistant professor of biogeochemistry and soil and wa…

Aaron Pannell of FlipFarm Systems, who has developed a semi-automated method for turning oyster-growing cages, has won the GOAL Global Aquaculture Innovation Award.

NOAA has released two Atlases compiling the best available science to inform the identification of Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) in the Gulf of Mexico and Southern California.

NOAA Sea Grant and the Ocean Acidification Program awarded more than $2.4 million to support four projects that will address the impacts of multiple stressors on and increase resilience in shellfish aquaculture through r…

IntegraSEE’s CEO, Lawrence Taylor, explains how monitoring the behaviour of a handful of mussels in a MarineCanary unit can alert aquaculture operators to water quality issues, including pollution, pathogens and temperat…

NOAA has announced $15.2 million in funding for research projects that mitigate the impact of harmful algal blooms (HABs) on sectors including aquaculture.

Three advocates of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) are using research in a bid to back up their beliefs in the values of the concept.

An English Aquaculture Innovation Hub is due to be developed in Dorset, in a bid to help England increase its aquaculture output ten-fold over the next 20 years.

Aquaculture researchers are developing a PCR method to help detect the presence of a range of diseases, including Bonamia, that affect farmed oysters.

Krijn Verwijs Yerseke and Offshore Shellfish have joined forces in a partnership to produce a new range of pre-cooked mussel dishes to be sold alongside the companies’ fresh, live, mussels.

After a summer of scorching temperatures, mussel farmers across the Aegean Sea are finding more empty shells, telling Reuters that the crop, “boiled in their own environment”.

A project that aims to develop artificial intelligence (AI) tools to predict harmful blooms (HABs) of marine algae has been awarded £200,000 funding.

A five-year project to develop New Zealand’s offshore seaweed and shellfish aquaculture industries has received government funding.

Blue Trace has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to accelerate the building of an innovative Tide to Table Traceability and Marketing System.

Mussel and oyster farmers in England are being invited to apply for their share of a new £6.1 million funding round.

Ropes that are made out of bio-based materials, rather than petrol-based ones, are now being trialled at mussel and seaweed farms in Spain.

Five aquaculture projects have been pledged a share of a new $7.9 million funding round from the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund (BCSRIF).

Jon Parker, development lead for Aquaculture Industry Wales (AIW), explains how the organisation - which is backed by a growing number of startups - aims to improve the industry’s reputation among the public and politici…

A new research project aims to quantify the ecosystem services provided by Ireland’s shellfish aquaculture sector.