Proposal to Halt Raw Oyster Ban
US - Efforts to thwart a federal plan to ban the sale of fresh oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico during warm-weather months gained momentum in the US Senate...

Scientists Unlock Mystery of the Queen Conch
US - For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch (Strombus gigas) have been unsuccessful—until now. For the first time, novel and...

'Extinct' Oysters Return to Forth
SCOTLAND, UK - Live oysters have been found in the Firth of Forth - decades after they were declared extinct in the area.

FDA Oyster Proposal Opposed
MISSISSIPPI, US - Representative Gene Taylor has written a letter to the Food and Drug Administration to oppose their plans to require raw oysters to undergo...

Disaster Looms for Solent Oyster Industry
UK - The once-thriving oyster industry in the Solent - off the southern English coast - is about to collapse.

New FDA Plan to Restrict Oyster Consumption
US - A new plan from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may limit oyster consumption and sale.

US Seafood Industry Calls for More Regulation
US - The seafood industry is calling for better controls, particularly regarding pack weights. The Food and Drug Adminstration is reposnding to the calls to stop...

Ireland Reports High Mortality from Oyster Herpes Virus
IRELAND - The veterinary authorities are reporting what appears to be an emerging disease - a suspected variant Ostreid herpes virus 1 (OsHV1) – of oysters to the...

Invitation to Meet Shetland Shellfish Farmers
SCOTLAND - Shetland MSP, Tavish Scott, has invited the Crown Estate to Shetland to meet the Shetland shellfish farming industry. The Crown Estate is reviewing their...

France Delivers Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture
FRANCE - A new government bill based on the outcome of France’s Grenelle de la Mer series of roundtable talks about environmental issues related to fishing and the...

Philippines Oyster Output Should be Higher, Says Expert
PHILIPPINES - Oyster production in 2007 stood at just over 20,000 tonnes, and it should be increased, according to a local aquaculture consultant.

Scottish Farmed Shellfish Important, Minister Told
SCOTLAND, UK - The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group has underlined to Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham MSP the importance of the farmed shellfish sector...

Study on Impact of Ocean Acid Levels on Shellfish
CALIFORNIA, US - Bodega Bay scientists are investigating the danger from increasing levels of acid in the ocean, which could devastate the state's shellfish ind...

Shellfish Ban Frustrates PEI Fisheries Minister
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA - P.E.I.'s minister of fisheries and aquaculture is voicing concern over the ban on harvesting maritime shellfish.

Tall Reefs Helping Chesapeake's Oysters Rebound
CHESAPEAKE BAY, US - A 5-year study of oyster-restoration techniques in Chesapeake Bay shows that taller reefs in an extensive network of large sanctuaries is...

Waves of Plagues Hit French Oyster Industry
FRANCE - France's oysters have been struck by a mystery plague that has killed millions of the prized shellfish and plunged the industry into crisis for the second...

New Technology Detects Toxins in Shellfish Waters
SPAIN - Experts of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA) devised a sensor with heightened sensitivity and a quick response that...

Oyster Hope Lies in Empty Shells
US - Oyster shells might not seem worth much empty, but it takes old ones to build new oyster bars.

Shellfish Closure in the Annapolis Basin
CANADA - Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has advised the public that the harvesting of bi-valve molluscs of an area inside Annapolis Basin has been prohibited...

Oysters in Peril
US - Oysters are in peril. In recent decades, these edible ectotherms have suffered unrelenting attacks from within and without.Parasitic diseases have decimated...

Survey: Pacific Oyster Production Up 45 Per Cent
SCOTLAND, UK - A new report has been released based on the returns of an annual survey questionnaire sent to all active registered shellfish farming companies...

Virginia's Oyster Farms See Rapid Expansion
US - Virginia's oyster hatcheries saw a more than 18-fold increase in the number of seed and larvae sold between 2007 and 2008, according to a survey of shellfish...

Ocean Acidification Damaging Shellfish
US - Changes in ocean chemistry — a consequence of increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from human industrial activity — could cause US shellfish revenues to...

Modern Oysters for a New Sustainable Era
CATALINA ISLAND, US - Professor Donal Manahan of USC’s Wrigley Marine Science Center is doing research with oysters that could not only bring balance back to...

New UK Training Programmes for Bivalve Purification
UK - Seafish and the Royal Environmental Health Institute for Scotland (REHIS) have joined forces to create a new training programme in Bivalve Purification Operations....