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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GRAND ISLE – Not all jewels have the deep green features of emeralds or sparkle of diamonds. Some tumble from algae-coated cages in a rush of rock and shell, briny water splashing alongside them onto ...

In the final days of the legislative session, the Rhode Island General Assembly took the unusual step of passing a narrowly targeted law that blocked two Little Compton brothers from starting an ...

It’s a little after 9 a.m. on a Sunday in October and Meta Mesdag is in an open-air skiff traveling at 27 knots toward the Salty Lady Seafood Co. farm. It’s 34 degrees and gray with favorable sea ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At a dock along Chatham County's Bull River, Perry and Laura Solomon repeat what has become a familiar routine over the last eight ...

In the Raja Ampat islands of eastern Indonesia, pearl farming thrives within a healthy marine ecosystem, with companies like PT Arta Samudra focusing on sustainable practices. Pearl farms are very ...

Tasmania’s east coast is rugged, raw, and unapologetically beautiful—a place where granite mountains meet immaculate seas, yielding some of the world’s most celebrated seafood and produce. It’s a ...