ROCKPORT — AJ Minns and his wife, Debbie, took turns scooping the first of about 270,000 oyster seed into mesh bags. Dozens of community members, friends and colleagues, invited by Minns, joined the ...

Crooked River uses a longline culture system, with oysters kept in mesh bags that float on the surface of the water. An oyster farmer lays out the steps and considerations for how to start an oyster ...

GRAND ISLE – Not all jewels have the deep green features of emeralds or sparkle of diamonds. Some tumble from algae-coated cages in a rush of rock and shell, briny water splashing alongside them onto ...

DOVER — After years of setbacks, New England Superior Oyster is operating full-speed ahead, farming and harvesting large oysters on the banks of the Bellamy River. For the last seven years, more than ...

In 1986, Pemaquid Oyster Co. in Bristol was one of only a few oyster farms in Maine. “One of my friends said it was like belonging to a country club but, instead of going golfing on a Saturday, we’d ...

The Rhode Island aquaculture industry is more robust than ever. The value of aquaculture products was $8,795,493 in 2024 and ...

For an industry that brings so many environmental benefits and economic promise, North Carolina's oyster farmers have been facing some major headwinds. Some come with the territory, namely working on ...

Groton — When former science teacher Mike Gilman got started as an oyster farmer, Tessa Getchis, senior extension educator at Connecticut Sea Grant, mentored him. And for the past three years, the ...

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Eric Stettner, a first-year oyster farmer working 150 cages on five acres of the Great South Bay, hit a jackpot of sorts last week when he was told his application for a grant to buy more gear had ...