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, ...

Over the past 50 years, global aquaculture, including fish, mussel and seaweed farms, has grown dramatically. Almost half of the world's wild-caught fish is used to produce fishmeal and oils that feed ...

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 ...

China’s tidal flats feed people and mollusc eating migrating shorebirds like red knots, great knots and Eurasian oystercatchers. Under good management, these flats used for aquaculture markedly reduce ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Shellfish Company has reached a settlement with nearby homeowners and environmental advocates that will allow a large ...

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 ...

A group of Johnson Point residents are opposing plans for a new commercial shellfish farm on Henderson Inlet, citing environmental concerns. Taylor Shellfish requested a permit for the proposed ...

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 ...

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 ...