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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At a dock along Chatham County's Bull River, Perry and Laura Solomon repeat what has become a familiar routine over the last eight months. Bundled in waterproof coveralls, winter coats and stocking ...

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 ...

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 ...