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Lots of mussel and other seashells washed up on a beach in Canterbury, New Zealand.

New Zealand court fines aquaculture company for shellfish biosecurity breaches

Aroma Aquaculture Limited supplied 27 shipments totaling approximately 259,000 kg of live green-lipped mussels to the licensed fish receiver and exporter, Ikana New Zealand Limited

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Harvesting Oysters in Whangaroa Harbour, Northland, New Zealand.

New Zealand changes national rules to support aquaculture

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Pacific Hybreed CEO Melissa DellaTorre.

Hawaiʻi’s Pacific Hybreed raises $1m to expand shellfish hatchery work

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Oyster farms on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia.

New South Wales government backs aquaculture projects with AUD $14.3m investment

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Aerial view of mussel farming in the Los Lagos region, Chile.

Chile launches project to modernise mussel farming and improve traceability

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The 2021 winner of the Food Planet Prize was Connecticut-based non-profit GreenWave, which has developed a regenerative ocean polyculture system growing seaweed and shellfish.

Food Planet Prize opens call for blue foods innovations for 2027

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Kerian Fennelly, CEO of Newport Mussels.

Newport Mussels plans first offshore mussel farm in US North Atlantic waters

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The main reproductive period is between December and April.

Spanish initiative boosts sustainable oyster farming in Benin

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The geoduck clam is currently the only ASC-certified of its kind in the world.

Taylor Shellfish, first U.S. bivalve farm with ASC certification

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Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in Alaska

New NOAA atlas identifies potential aquaculture sites in Alaska

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Manila clams.

Italian-Norwegian project sees selective breeding cut Manila clam production time by three months

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The researchers explored how aquaculture can coexist with fisheries, transport, and other activities, using Inhaca Island as an example.

Norway collaborates with Mozambique on sustainable green mussel production

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Pictured left to right: Micheál Sugrue, Sharon Sugrue and Emmet Casey, of mussel and oyster farming company Réalt na Mara Shellfish.

Aquaculture meets tourism in new shellfish tour on Ireland’s southwest coast

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The first group of small-scale mussel producers, now ASC certified, alongside a second group working toward certification by the end of 2026, led by Verónica Vivar of the St. Andrews Multisite Certification initiative.

St. Andrews is the first Chilean mussel producer to gain ASC Multisite Certification

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NORA says restoration projects across Europe have reported difficulty in sourcing European flat oysters (Ostrea edulis).

Consultation opens on scaling hatchery production for native oyster restoration

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Oyster farms on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia.

New South Wales launches funding programme to expand aquaculture sector

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King crab caught in Norwegian waters.

King crab: an increasingly significant species for Norway's exports to the U.S.

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This industry is relatively young in Norway.

Nofima publishes new handbooks on live crab storage

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King crab Paralithodes camtschaticus in Norway.

Norwegian researchers recommend reducing the king crab quota by 2026

Mahurangi Harbour, Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand.

Oyster farmers affected by wastewater overflow in New Zealand receive NZD 1 million

Lobster pots at Conwy Harbour, North Wales.

Welsh seafood industry asked to share carbon emissions data in bid for net zero

The company has been cultivating oysters on Loch Fyne for over 45 years.

ASC certifies Scottish oyster farmer for sustainable aquaculture practices

Ostrea edulis reefs in Connemara. Pilot restoration sites will be established at a variety of coastal sites in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

€1.5m project aims to restore Ireland's coasts, one oyster reef at a time

University of Aberdeen researcher Dr Victoria Sleight and Dr Tom Ashton of NativeAqua.

"Small underwater miracles": researchers launch genetic study to boost UK’s native oyster stocks

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