Plans to bring shellfish farming to Scituate continue to move forward. At its Jan. 7 meeting, the board of selectmen directed the Shellfish Advisory Committee to draft an application for shellfish ...

As pilot projects go, it couldn’t have gone much worse. The nation’s first commercial shellfish farm in federal waters was supposed to provide a national model for sustainable aquaculture. Bobbing in ...

MASHPEE – As the tide rolled out from Gooseberry Island to Punkhorn Point in Popponesset Bay, David Pocknett Jr., and other members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's Natural Resources Department, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 3—ROWLEY — The Great Marsh Shellfish Co. has officially started a growout farm and planted its first oyster crop in the water ...

A prominent Bay Area shellfish company that saw significant business losses and layoffs during the pandemic has taken an unusual route to return to financial health: preserving hundreds of acres of ...

Aquaculture is currently the third-most lucrative fishery in New England, after lobster and scallops. Oysters, and increasingly, kelp, are two of the most commonly grown foods. Now, a new study says ...

A legal battle is being waged over a national permit’s use for shellfish farming operations in Washington and whether it adequately considers the environmental impacts of those farms. Three cases ...

Nova Scotia is Canada’s top seafood exporter — but in a province known for its seafood, shellfish production lags behind other maritime provinces. In 2022, Prince Edward Island produced over 21.3 ...

Shellfish farmers like Ramiro Cordero, who works for Taylor Shellfish Farms in Bay Center, Washington, are used to being in uncomfortable positions and places. Farmers kneel in the sand, elbow-deep in ...

Oct 4, 2021 Oct 4, 2021 Updated Jul 10, 2025 ROWLEY — The Great Marsh Shellfish Co. has officially started a growout farm and planted its first oyster crop in the water. Brenden Doyle, a Gloucester ...