Cultivation of the American cupped oyster is generally labour-intensive, although mechanical systems are coming into play. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations explains how the…
Carrying and assimilative capacity of theenvironment is fundamental to the extent towhich aquaculture can develop sustainably, writes Mark James, FRM Ltd, in a CEFAS Shellfish News publication.
The island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, is recognized by the government of Indonesia as a major area for development of mariculture, reports La Ode M. Aslan, Hotman Hutauruk, Armen Zulham, Irwan Effendy,…
An FIFG funded study on behalf of Seafishinvestigating issues surrounding Pacific oystercultivation and ways of mitigating potentialimpacts on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) hasrecently been…
The UK Shellfish Industry Development Strategy(SIDS), the Seafish-funded, SAGB-facilitatedproject looking to sustainably develop wildcaughtand cultivated shellfisheries, has beenprogressing for over…
US - Plans have been approved lease underwater sections of the Peconic Estuary in Southampton, New York State to baymen to raise shellfish in submerged cages.
Increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide drive accompanying changes in the marine carbonate system as carbon dioxide enters seawater and alters ocean pH. As such changes do not occur in isolation, and…
As the global average temperature increases and CO2 within the ocean begins to reach saturation the ability of the ocean to absorb carbon will alter significantly, writes J. P. Hickey, School of…
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