Soon, there were outbreaks of typhoid and other diseases, and many oyster beds had to be closed. Hard winters and new diseases killed off many of the remaining native oysters and gave the ...

More than 140 shellfish reef locations were identified, which covered about 2,630 square kilometers of the state's coastal waters—including approximately 887 sq km of former native oyster reefs ...

After more than a year of careful rearing, thousands of juvenile native oysters have now been returned to the Milford Haven ...

One goal for the barrier is that the bay's native oysters will quickly attach to the limestone and grow to filter millions of ...

Pacific oysters constitute 80% of the global oyster trade and were introduced to the UK in 1964 to replace low stocks of the British native oysters. The native variety can be more expensive and ...

Native oysters have made a return to Carrickfergus as part of efforts to restore Belfast Lough’s small but endangered ...

The native oysters were on the small side, admittedly, but it’s still a little larger than your average starter! It was in his play ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ that the Bard coined the phrase.

Over 900 native oysters are introduced to Carrickfergus Marina to restore their population and improve local water quality ...

Maryland oyster growers and Chesapeake Bay advocates held an oyster roast in Annapolis to entice lawmakers to support bills to protect the mollusks.

There are two main kinds of oyster that you see on plates in Europe: the native oyster and the Pacific oyster. Price wise, the native is much more expensive, as it’s not really farmed: it’s a wild ...