A project 3 years in the making, the 28-foot Heron is among the first fully electric aquaculture boats of its size.

Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, although Trump budget cuts ...

Oyster farming appealed to me for many reasons, chief among them how inherently sustainable growing oysters for food is. Sea farming is often tucked under the larger “fisheries” umbrella ...

A family-owned northern California oyster farm will fight the federal government’s decision to reject its lease extension so the scenic inlet can become the continental United States’ first ...

In Maine, where the water is cold and clean, oysters are thriving. In 1997, there were four oyster farms with half a million oysters. In 2013, there were 65 farms with 12 million oysters.

Native oysters in North America occur from Atlantic Canada down the East Coast of the U.S. into the Gulf of Mexico. They have ...

He was awarded the first Texas oyster farm permit in July 2021 for his 8-acre farm in Copano Bay. “One of the biggest impediments in this whole thing is the availability of seed,” Lomax said.

Maine Ocean Farms will send 350,000 oysters to market this year. With the new electric boat and access to chargers, the company can deliver oysters by water to businesses on the wharfs in Portland.

For more information, contact Nonesuch Oysters, 207-749-5585, www.nonesuchoysters.com. Tours are about 1½ hours, $65 per person. Here are a few other oyster farms to visit in New England next summer.

An oyster farmer inspects a cage of oysters at Rappahannock Oyster Farm in Topping, Va., in 2016. (Tyler Darden/Rappahannock Oyster Co.) In 2018, historic heavy rainfall battered the Chesapeake ...

After proving oyster farming is viable, Scheer says he was able to secure more funding earlier this year to dramatically grow that part of the business. “We currently have about 2 million oysters in ...