Pearl oyster farming represents a sophisticated intersection of aquaculture, marine biology and sustainable economic development. The production process involves the careful selection of oysters, the ...

Charleston oysterman Thomas Bierce holds up two oyster shells. The first has been washed, tumbled and grated while the other has been plucked naturally from the water in a cluster. “They respond to ...

DUXBURY -- An oyster farm south of Boston is shipping their harvest around the country. Island Creek Oysters of Duxbury was the first oyster farm on the South Shore. "We spawn oysters, so people get ...

Over the years, the Chesapeake Bay’s native oyster population largely has disappeared because of over-harvesting and disease. In the past decade, however, a new oyster aquaculture movement has taken ...

Harvesting shellfish from harbors across the Ocean State can be challenging throughout the winter months.

A new study has shed light on how oysters help remove planet-heating carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The results make a strong case for oyster farming as a viable way to cool down the Earth and ...

For Thomas Henninger, founder of the Madeleine Point Oyster Farm, oyster farming was his “redemption.” Henninger spent his early life working on a commercial fishing boat, where he felt deeply ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Four years ago, an oyster farm didn't exist in Texas until a local man made it his mission to find a way to produce delicious oysters while conserving the ecosystem. From ...

GRAND ISLE – Not all jewels have the deep green features of emeralds or sparkle of diamonds. Some tumble from algae-coated cages in a rush of rock and shell, briny water splashing alongside them onto ...

The growth of oyster farming operations in South Carolina's coastal waters on balance is a good thing, as this emerging new fishery holds the promise of positive additions to the state's economy and ...

DEER ISLAND — Federal lawmakers are considering a bill that could reshape how seafood is farmed in the United States, and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, oyster growers are already showing what that ...