Over the past 50 years, global aquaculture, including fish, mussel and seaweed farms, has grown dramatically. Almost half of the world's wild-caught fish is used to produce fishmeal and oils that feed ...

New analysis has shown that the UK's first large scale offshore mussel farm might in fact serve as a form of restoration rather than creating habitats never seen in the area before. A map dating from ...

The question of whether the longtime shellfish farm in Burley Lagoon can raise geoducks is inching toward a final answer. Burley Lagoon, a body of saltwater that connects under the Purdy Bay Bridge to ...

The UK’s first large scale offshore mussel farm is allowing shellfish reefs to return to parts of the seabed off England’s south coast for the first time in up to 150 years, a new study has revealed.

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 ...

A simmering dispute over coastal water rights, views and who gets to do what where is in danger of moving from a slow boil to an outright dispute that could soon reach the halls of the N.C. General ...

Excess seaweed can smother shellfish farms. But University of Washington researchers had hoped to turn that nuisance seaweed into something beneficial. Last summer, swaths of seaweed scraped from one ...

PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island judge ruled against the state’s Coastal Resources Management Council, finding the regulatory agency failed to follow proper procedures when it signed off on plans for an ...

Matunuck Oyster Bar, a popular restaurant and aquaculture farm in the US state of Rhode Island, has been damaged in a fire that broke out early Tuesday (May 20) morning. Union Fire District Steve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of Johnson Point residents are opposing plans for a new commercial shellfish farm on Henderson Inlet, citing environmental ...