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 ...

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 ...

For an industry that brings so many environmental benefits and economic promise, North Carolina's oyster farmers have been facing some major headwinds. Some come with the territory, namely working on ...

Editor's note: Oysters are becoming a critical component of South Carolina's defense against climate change. This is the first part of an occasional series in The Post and Courier that will track the ...

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 ...

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 ...