Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest from increasingly acidic seas.

EIGHTEEN years ago, farmed oyster larvae began dying en masse in hatcheries across the US Pacific Northwest, mystifying ...

Paralytic shellfish poisoning symptoms can develop within 30 minutes of consuming contaminated seafood. Symptoms range from a tingling sensation to respiratory paralysis.

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 ...

Digging up an underrated PNW delicacy Patricia Murphy Clare McGrane May 26, 2025 / 5:00 am 18 mins ...

Seaweed is a problem for shellfish growers. One UW project hopes to turn the nuisance seaweed, like this one at Baywater Shellfish in Hood Canal, into nutrients for farm soil.

The latest oysters of concern were harvested from Hammersley Inlet between Dec. 2 and Dec. 17 and distributed across Washington and Oregon by Shelton-based company Ruco’s Shellfish.

"We get everything surveyed now." Gibbons said his shellfish farms share about four miles of boundaries with state-owned lands and this trespass involved only about 150 linear feet.

Shellfish farming Aquaculture is a small, but established, industry in Nova Scotia. Mussels, oysters and other shellfish are currently being grown on marine farms throughout the province and there ...