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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

This distinction covers seven species: Olympia oyster, Kumamoto oyster, Eastern oyster, Pacific oyster, Mediterranean mussel, Manila clam, and geoduck clam.

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Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in Alaska

New NOAA atlas identifies potential aquaculture sites in Alaska

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Maine Farmers Are Why - Campaign by Maine Farmed Seafood Coalition

Maine's sea farmers launch public awareness-raising campaign

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Mussel farm / Camanchaca Cultivos Sur.

Camanchaca launches new maritime logistics for its mussel business

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Norwegian blue mussel powder.

Can blue mussels be an ingredient in salmon feed?

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Lobster pots stacked on a dock in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia introduces tougher penalties to tackle illegal seafood activity

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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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King crab Paralithodes camtschaticus in Norway.

Norwegian researchers recommend reducing the king crab quota by 2026

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Mahurangi Harbour, Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand.

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

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Lobster pots at Conwy Harbour, North Wales.

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

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

ASC certifies Scottish oyster farmer for sustainable aquaculture practices

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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

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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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EMPA President Addy Risseuw, and MEP Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Vice-President of the Parliament’s Fisheries Committee, pictured at the "Food of the Future" event.

Shellfish farming should play a greater role in EU food policy, say MEPs and mollusc producers

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Wild blue mussels, Mytilus edulis.

French project turns waste mussels into renewable energy

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Carlingford Oyster Company receives innovation accolade at the Blas na hÉireann Irish Food Awards 2025.

Irish oyster farmer wins innovation accolade

Rhode Island's state clam, the Northern quahog, has been in decline since the 1980s.

New US bill proposal to investigate declining shellfish populations

Mussel longline aquaculture, a type of aquaculture practised in the coastal ocean of California.

NOAA identifies 13 new "aquaculture opportunity areas" in US waters

Decameal will focus on improving extraction methods and expanding its crab supplier network.

Crab-to-feed startup Decameal secures €2.1M to expand sustainable aquaculture solutions

The project will deploy 40,000 Oyster Heaven artificial reefs pre-loaded with oyster spat, installed by Norfolk Seaweed.

UK's largest oyster reef restoration project launches

The consortium of companies, researchers and conservation groups says the initiative could support large-scale restoration of oyster reefs in the North Sea.

Half a million oysters to be released in Rotterdam pilot restoration project

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