Tag: oysters

Brenden Doyle, the founder and owner of The Great Marsh Shellfish Company, grows oysters in the largest contiguous salt marsh in New England. Credit: The Great Marsh Shellfish Company

Meet The Great Marsh Shellfish Company, Oyster Growers in Massachusetts

6/14/2026 - By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. When you farm shellfish on Massachusetts’ beautiful coastal marshes, the world is your oy-stah! At least according to Brenden Doyle, a Gloucester native with family roots in Massachusetts’ commercial and recreational fishing industry. He spent his childhood boating and fishing around Cape Ann and learning about the… SEE MORE

Oyster seed in the palm of a person's hand.

Louisiana Sea Grant Develops New Tool to Count Oyster Seed Faster

3/19/2026 - By SeaGrant NOAA - seagrant.noaa.gov. Originally published on February 05, 2026 Researchers at the Louisiana Sea Grant Oyster Research Lab and Louisiana State University’s Math Consultation Clinic (MC²) have developed an automated, image-based tool that counts juvenile oyster seed faster and more accurately than traditional methods. The aim is to… SEE MORE

Alaska’s Aquaculture Challenges Highlight Infrastructure Needs for Remote Harbor Operations

9/17/2025 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. Alaska's oyster farming challenges highlight critical infrastructure gaps in Southeast Alaska's harbor facilities and maritime networks supporting remote aquaculture operations. Alaska's expanding oyster farming industry faces unique operational challenges that mirror broader issues affecting harbor facilities and maritime logistics in extreme northern environments. These constraints have significant implications… SEE MORE

An oyster reef with lush greenery in the background. Credit: Adobe Stock

Celebrating Oysters During Oyster Week

11/17/2024 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. It's Oyster Week 2024! We're celebrating by honoring one of our favorite shellfish all week with special features. Oysters are remarkable. They provide many benefits to the ecosystem they live in. They are filter feeders—they clean the water as they eat. And they grow in reefs, which provide… SEE MORE

New Calculator Helps Oyster Growers Measure the Water Quality Benefits of Farms

11/15/2024 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. The new tool provides a science-based estimate of how much nitrogen oyster farms remove from local waterways. It generates a report that can be used in the aquaculture permitting process. When it comes to removing excess nutrients from waterways, shellfish are a powerhouse. The NOAA Milford Lab in Connecticut studies… SEE MORE

The ocean is becoming too loud for oysters, research finds

8/2/2024 - By sciencedaily.com. Baby oysters rely on natural acoustic cues to settle in specific environments, but new research from the University of Adelaide reveals that noise from human activity is interfering with this critical process. "The ocean's natural sound is gradually hushing due to habitat loss, leading to a quieter natural… SEE MORE

Rapid Oyster Reef Restoration Gives Hope for Repairing the Sea

5/11/2024 - By ecomogazine.com. After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide coastline. Research by University of Adelaide marine scientists has revealed that the astonishing ecological recovery occurred within two and a half years of the reef being… SEE MORE

How to Love an Oyster

2/9/2024 - By Brendan Borrell. Most people, even those who know a thing or two about oysters and may perhaps enjoy eating them, have no idea that the sweet and buttery bivalves they are slurping down in San Francisco or Vancouver are not the native species of the West Coast but Japanese… SEE MORE

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Oysters: Unsung Climate Heroes for your Holiday Buffet

12/27/2023 - By Rochelle Baker. There are moments when Steve Pocock questions the wisdom of his chosen profession as a shellfish farmer. Picking oysters off a beach in the dead of night during a low winter tide, then navigating whiteout conditions to get a loaded vessel home to port, while freezing and… SEE MORE

The Tip of the Tong

11/19/2023 - By Paul Molyneaux. Alabama oyster harvesters are glad to see their resource rebounding, even for a short season. Robbie Pollock married into the oyster business 43 years ago. “My wife’s daddy, Doody Peters, was the king of the oyster business back then,” says Pollock. “Back then, you couldn’t get into… SEE MORE