Best Management And Performance Standards For Shellfish
CANADA - A new report by the National Research Council recommends how to apply best management practices and performance standards to maintain or restore ecosystems...

Outbreak Of Marteilia Refringens
SWEDEN - An outbreak of Marteilia refringens in common sea mussels has been reported in Sweden.

Global Sustainability Standards For Bivalve Aqua
US - The final step in the process of creating global standards for bivalve aquaculture began this week, when the Bivalve Aquaculture Dialogue kicked off the last...

New Methods To Detect Marine Biotoxin In Shellfish
UK - The French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) has said it now has all the tools in place for detecting regulated lipophilic toxins in shellfish using a chemical test...

Danish Mussel Industry Secures MSC Certification
DENMARK - Mussels caught in Denmark’s Limfjord by Vilsund Muslinge Industri (VMI) will be the first mussels in the world to carry the Marine Stewardship Council...

MBL Launches Offshore Mussel Farm
US - Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) researchers, fishermen and the aquaculture industry are working together to test the waters in southern New England for blue...

Shellfish Sales Expected To Increase
SCOTLAND, UK - Scottish mussel and oyster growers are preparing for a bumper Christmas with sales predicted to soar as consumers prepare for the festive period.

Shelling Out The Warnings
US - Since 2005, companies that process shellfish in Bay, Franklin and Gulf counties have been sent nearly 80 letters from the state warning that they were in violation...

Vision For World Class Aquaculture Region
NEW ZEALAND - The vision for the Bay of Plenty to be a world class aquaculture region moves a step closer with the official launch of a regional aquaculture strategy,...

Microbiological Quality of Shellfish Good, Says NIFES
NORWAY - National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) has determined the content of undesirable substances and microorganisms in samples of shellfish...

Hopes Raised in MA for New Mussel Fishery
MASSACHUSETTS, US - The region's first experimental blue mussel farm began operating in waters off Cape Higgon in Chilmark this week.

Aquaculture Production in Chile Down 16 Per Cent
CHILE - Total fish and shellfish landings for the first nine months of 2009 were almost 10 per cent below the same period in the previous year. Harvests in all the...

Challenging Year for Irish Sea Fisheries
IRELAND - The Irish Sea Fisheries Board (Bord Iascaigh Mhara; BIM) has published its Annual Report 2008 subtitled Developing the seafood industry, sustaining...

High Hopes For Shellfish Farm
NEW ZEALAND - The aquaculture sector was yesterday given a green light to develop a 520-hectare shellfish farm in the Coromandel.

Competition for Food Hots up for Lake Michigan Fish
US - An invasive hydroid is straining food resources for young fish in Lake Michigan, according to a new study at the University of Illinois.

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...

Award for Blueshell Mussels
SCOTLAND, UK - Blueshell Mussels has won an award for its strength in research and innovation.

Dunkard Creek Fish Kill Monitored
PENNSYLVANIA, US - Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the state Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) are monitoring kills of fish and mussels in Dunkard...

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...

Mussels Top Menu in Food and Drink Fortnight
SCOTLAND, UK - A specially devised Scottish seafood dish featuring West coast mussels and other home-grown ingredients has been created by the Mussel Inn to help...

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.

Invasive Species Threatens the Great Lakes
CANADA - An invasive species of fish is posing a potential threat to several endangered native species in the Great Lakes.

From the Black Sea Comes EU's Largest Mussel Farm
BULGARIA - Europe's largest and most modern black mussel farm is being built in the Bay of Kavarna. It is owned by the Bulgarian-Irish Black Sea Shells Ltd. company....