Groton — When former science teacher Mike Gilman got started as an oyster farmer, Tessa Getchis, senior extension educator at Connecticut Sea Grant, mentored him. And for the past three years, the ...

The fifth-generation, family-led company is also the first shellfish farm on the US East Coast to be Best Aquaculture Practices-certified ...

A group of Johnson Point residents are opposing plans for a new commercial shellfish farm on Henderson Inlet, citing environmental concerns. Taylor Shellfish requested a permit for the proposed ...

Researchers at UNC Wilmington are working to support North Carolina's growing shellfish industry. Oyster populations have declined due to unsustainable harvesting, development, and disease. Scientists ...

Taylor Shellfish Company has reached a settlement with nearby homeowners and environmental advocates that will allow a large proposed Pierce County geoduck farm to move forward, subject to several ...

Dalhousie University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. University of Stirling provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Nova Scotia is Canada’s top seafood exporter — ...

JUNEAU, Alaska -- An investor, a fisherman and a shellfish farmer hope to stake their claim by becoming Alaska's biggest geoduck producers. Investor Jim Redfield, who is based near San Jose, Calif., ...

China’s tidal flats feed people and mollusc eating migrating shorebirds like red knots, great knots and Eurasian oystercatchers. Under good management, these flats used for aquaculture markedly reduce ...