Nova Scotia is Canada’s top seafood exporter — but in a province known for its seafood, shellfish production lags behind other maritime provinces. In 2022, Prince Edward Island produced over 21.3 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The US state of Maine's Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has reopened 7,500 acres of the US state's southern coast, ending a four-day closure due to a significant rainfall that raised concerns ...

After a pandemic-induced hiatus that lasted four years, the Shellfish Lovers Ultimate Rejuvenation Party, better known as SLURP, is making its return to Olympia. The 21-and-older event will take place ...