Malpeque oysters are also home to many of the wild growers on P.E.I. These ground oysters undergo a technique called “rearing ...

Fishing communities continue to hold their breath and feel that if this bill passes, it will be devastating to their ...

Husband and wife Eugene and Rose Evans, grew up on Smith Island, Md., where Eugene started his working life as a commercial waterman. Together, they founded Evans Boat Construction and Repair in 1980 ...

Despite the scarcity of bay oysters, a handful of aquaculture operations have moved into the bay to fill the demand from restaurants and grocery stores. Patrick Hudson owns True Chesapeake Oyster Farm ...

Go: Barnegat Oyster Collective, 483 East Bay Ave., Barnegat; 609-891-4621, barnegatoyster.com. Sarah Griesemer joined the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey in 2003 and has been writing all things food ...

Over 22 million oyster larva are kept alive with algae for them to feed on at the Louisiana Sea Grant's Oyster Lab and the Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery in Grand Isle, La., Friday, May 16, 2025.

As the traditional oyster industry faded, the off-bottom method gained traction with the help of state and federal dollars. In 2020, Louisiana Sea Grant allocated $1.8 million to help off-bottom ...

Cutting a tunicate off a line and throwing it back into the sea doesn’t kill it; a new tunicate will grow from the dismembered piece. Instead, aquaculture farmers and lobstermen are encouraged to deal ...

For the fifth year in a row, the oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay is doing well after decades of combating drought, disease, loss of habitat and overharvesting. The Maryland Department of ...

The campaign promotes the first-ever regional umbrella brand uniting Grand Isle products of innovative off-bottom oyster cultivation, which was born in Grand Isle and has been adopted as a sustainable ...

Armed with a $140,000 grant from the state, parish leaders announced a new branding campaign for cultivated off-bottom oysters. The goal: introduce the world to “Grand Isle Jewels.” ...

Grand Isle off-bottom oysters, Oysters with Bayou Verde Mignonette, and Peche Fried Oyster Salad There’s a new direction in a centuries-old industry. In this episode of Louisiana Coastal Cooking ...