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Norwegian blue mussel powder.

Can blue mussels be an ingredient in salmon feed?

The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research's 'Mussel Up' project is studying its viability at the biological, productive, and economic levels.

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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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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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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

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

New US bill proposal to investigate declining shellfish populations

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

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

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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

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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

This product represents 93% of Galicia's aquaculture production.

Spain goes digital with mussel seed harvest declaration

This product represents 93% of Galicia's aquaculture production.

Galicia allocates over 200,000€ for promotion and marketing of certified mussels

Native oysters in hand.

Restoration of oyster reefs within offshore wind farms is feasible

Off-bottom oyster aquaculture is a cultivation technique in which oysters are grown in suspended or elevated structures above the seafloor.

Mississippi promotes expansion of off-bottom oyster aquaculture

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