Towns along Cape Cod and the Islands are looking to shellfish not only as tasty culinary treats, but also for help cleaning up waters degraded by excess nitrogen in the region. While nitrogen is ...

Marine scientists are rebuilding reefs using recycled scallop and oyster shells from restaurants The project has built 12 hectares of new reefs in Port Phillip Bay out of a planned 100 hectares A ...

Today, there are four permit holders currently pursuing aquaculture ventures in Provincetown’s half, or 25 acres, of the Aquaculture Development Area, and an equal number in Truro’s 25-acre section as ...

Ancient traditional knowledge and modern science are combining to unlock the mystery of the disappearance of shellfish from Darwin Harbour. Scientists say tests on shellfish will help to identify ...

Excess seaweed can smother shellfish farms. But University of Washington researchers had hoped to turn that nuisance seaweed into something beneficial. Last summer, swaths of seaweed scraped from one ...

Buzzards Bay residents and visitors may soon have access to improved scallop, oyster and quahog populations in town waters for recreational harvests, thanks to settlement funding being used by the ...

HUNDREDS of thousands of oysters will be spread on the sea floor near Geelong under a major project aimed at restoring shellfish reefs. The Nature Conservancy is focusing its rehabilitation efforts on ...

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Two shellfish reefs will be installed in the Peel-Harvey estuary this week, as a means to improve the health and biodiversity of the waterways. Perri is an agriculture journalist with Farm Weekly.