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 ...

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 ...

MASHPEE – As the tide rolled out from Gooseberry Island to Punkhorn Point in Popponesset Bay, David Pocknett Jr., and other members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's Natural Resources Department, ...

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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Scientists have assessed the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods for norovirus in shellfish. They found such techniques are ready to substitute current methods despite some limitations.

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 ...

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 ...