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 ...

ROCKPORT — AJ Minns and his wife, Debbie, took turns scooping the first of about 270,000 oyster seed into mesh bags. Dozens of community members, friends and colleagues, invited by Minns, joined the ...

Groton — Will Ceddia tips the laundry basket of small oysters into a spinning metal tumbler that separates the smaller oysters from the larger ones. Once they’ve been separated by size, he scoops ...

In 1986, Pemaquid Oyster Co. in Bristol was one of only a few oyster farms in Maine. “One of my friends said it was like belonging to a country club but, instead of going golfing on a Saturday, we’d ...

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 ...

is your neighborhood reporter for Flour Bluff and the South Side. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — Interest in oyster farming is on the rise after Texas became the last coastal state in the United States to allow ...

For Thomas Henninger, founder of the Madeleine Point Oyster Farm, oyster farming was his “redemption.” Henninger spent his early life working on a commercial fishing boat, where he felt deeply ...

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 ...

At a dock along Chatham County's Bull River, Perry and Laura Solomon repeat what has become a familiar routine over the last eight months. Bundled in waterproof coveralls, winter coats and stocking ...

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 ...