
Innovation & Investment
Growing oysters in a garage? Meet the maker of the world’s first 3D-printed oyster tank
New Maine oyster farm Muddy River Farm Aquaponics will be using a revolutionary new tank for its oysters, one made of 3D-printed wood.
Intelligence
John Nicholas believes oysters are perfect, they just need to be opened properly. So he invented what he says is a fast and safe oyster shucker.
Innovation & Investment
New Maine oyster farm Muddy River Farm Aquaponics will be using a revolutionary new tank for its oysters, one made of 3D-printed wood.
Responsibility
A large-scale oyster reef restoration project led by NOAA aims to revitalize more than 2,300 acres in Maryland and Virginia waters.
Intelligence
Survival rates of over 90 percent were observed using solar-powered oyster production technology, leading to the placement of a second spat.
Responsibility
Ocean Farm Supply says compostable bags made from beechwood cellulose fiber are a more responsible alternative to plastics used for harvesting.
Health & Welfare
Treating oyster larvae with specific combinations of probiotics can "significantly boost" their survival rates, says a new study.
Responsibility
Oysters may play a role in removing nitrogen and improving water quality in the Great Bay estuary, near the University of New Hampshire.
Innovation & Investment
Maine-based Running Tide uses carbon-capture and oyster farming techniques – using both low and high technology – to restore ocean health.
Responsibility
Despite the dangers to shellfish posed by ocean acidification, a forward-thinking California oyster farm is producing oysters resistant to climate change.
Responsibility
Chinese researchers find that cultured mollusk shells have great potential to reduce environmental impacts of traditional concrete manufacturing.
Innovation & Investment
FlipFarm Systems’ semi-automated method for oyster farming has won the Global Seafood Alliance’s annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award.
Responsibility
As part of a restorative aquaculture initiative, Orkney Shellfish Hatchery, a multi-species aquaculture hatchery in the Orkney Islands, has released its first stock of native flat oyster spat into the ocean.
Innovation & Investment
FlipFarm, a semi-automated oyster-growing system from New Zealand, is a finalist for GSA’s annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award.
Responsibility
Using a solar-powered automated aquaculture system, a collaboration aims to replenish the native oyster population in the Baltimore Harbor.
Health & Welfare
Researchers in Scotland are developing a test to rapidly detect a range of shellfish diseases and biofouling species affecting production.
Intelligence
Hog Island Oyster Company got some last-minute help from Marin Agricultural Land Trust, the first-ever land-preservation easement for mariculture.