Tillamook oyster farmer Mark Wiegardt wants to help Japan’s shellfish industry recover from the recent tsunami, so he is donating larvae to Japanese farmers. Tillamook oyster farmer Mark Wiegardt ...

Scientists with the Billion Oyster Project submerged 30 new shellfish cages in the waterway at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Friday, continuing a years-long project to bring oysters to Brooklyn’s shorelines ...

When Delaware Sea Grant (DESG) began operating the first oyster hatchery in the state of Delaware aimed at serving research, industry and restoration purposes alike, those involved in the process knew ...

Oyster hatcheries are dropping the equivalent of Tums and other antacids into water to make it easier for naked mollusk larvae to build their shells. The remedy is working, for now, to keep hatcheries ...

Suddenly, oyster research bogged down as a riotous bloom of bacteria went on a West Coast killing spree, wiping out billions of oyster larvae. The outbreak first shut down an oyster brood-stock ...