Oyster farmer Jules Melancon, who passed away in 2023, was a pioneer in the off-bottom oyster industry. The fourth-generation oysterman turned from traditional dredging to cage farming in response ...

In 2020, Louisiana Sea Grant allocated $1.8 million to help off-bottom oyster farmers. Ida destroyed one of the newly established aquaculture parks on the island, ...

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) and the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Thad Cochran Marine ...

Off-bottom oyster operations are already expensive, according to the Petrolia report. He concludes the loss of harvesting gear to a storm could sink an off-bottom oyster harvester’s livelihood ...

Just off the coast of Grand Isle, Ryan Anderson, wearing a pair of black waders, hopped out of a skiff and slowly made his way through rows of floating cages, home to more than 100,000 growing ...

Last week, we showed you how off-bottom oyster farming has been successful. However, the traditional on-bottom reefs haven’t been opened. By Bill Snyder. Published: Nov. 29, 2022 at 1:36 PM CST ...

Oyster Bay planted 50,000 adult oysters in town waters this week as part of a national nonprofit program that buys shellfish from local growers and donates them to municipalities to help create ...

Researchers with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science are trying to uncover the cause before it seriously disrupts the state’s burgeoning $60 million oyster aquaculture sector.

Longline aquaculture uses yellow polypropylene rope. To grow oysters this way, you have to splice an oyster shell with seed on it into the rope. As the seeds grow, they form a cluster. “You get this ...

Off bottom oysters are turning up at more New Orleans raw bars, and now there's a new food vendor serving them at Jazz Fest. Here's what to know, and how they taste.