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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the final days of the legislative session, the Rhode Island General Assembly took the unusual step of passing a narrowly targeted law that blocked two Little Compton brothers from starting an ...

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 ...

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 ...

With help from Nat Geo, CU Boulder alumnus Markos Scheer expands kelp farm to include oysters, and he touts the economic and environmental benefits of the venture University of Colorado Boulder ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...