Oyster hatcheries are dropping the equivalent of Tums and other antacids into water to make it easier for naked mollusk larvae to build their shells. The remedy is working, for now, to keep hatcheries ...

World's Largest Food Distributor to Collect and Provide Shells from Restaurants for DEP Oyster Reef Enhancement Projects ...

Oysters are good for more than just eating on the half shell: in New York City, they're helping restore and preserve the ...

A team of coastal advocates took to Shearwater Reef on Tuesday, releasing 125 million oyster larvae onto oyster-shell reefs in an effort to restore populations in the Gulf Coast. The privately-funded ...

A new $3 million oyster hatchery officially opened Wednesday (Aug. 12) on Grand Isle that allows for more oyster seed and larvae production to make Louisiana's oyster grounds more resilient to future ...

A marine science experiment is underway in the Alamitos Bay, with boaters from the Long Beach Yacht Club giving a helping hand to the Orange County Coastkeeper for a project that hopes to boost ...

WILLIAMSBURG — The average fully-grown oyster can filter 50 gallons of water a day. That’s just one of several reasons illustrating the importance of bivalves to New York Harbor. And, if one oyster ...

As part of the Operation Build-a-Reef campaign, 30 million oyster spat were planted in the Severn River Wednesday at Jonas and Anne Catharine Green Park in Annapolis. Spat, or oyster larvae, were ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it will start taking orders for oyster larvae through its online portal on Monday morning. The Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery typically gets ...

Researchers released 125 million larvae onto reefs in Shearwater Reef to restore oysters. The direct setting method places larvae on recycled shells, reducing restoration costs. Oyster reefs boost ...