Shellfish Industry Articles & Analysis
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After suffering major damage in 2014, the Kingfisher Interpretive Centre Society will work to repair the water intake system for its hatchery in Cooke Creek, improving its efforts to enhance local Chinook salmon stocks. The BC Shellfish Growers’ Association (BCSGA)will enable industry members to adopt innovative new shellfish processing ...
Check out the latest East Coast Shellfish Growers Association Newsletter Product Spotlight! Industrial Plankton produces photo bioreactors (PBRs) designed to grow algae for shellfish hatcheries. Our vision is to help stabilize the foundation of shellfish aquaculture by making the process of producing plankton more reliable, ...
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) announced that Taylor Shellfish Farms has become the first U.S. grower to achieve responsible aquaculture certification for a farming operation in Washington State. ...
Shellfish harvesting areas in the UK are cleaner, thanks to sewerage improvement schemes over the last decade which have lowered average levels of Escherichia coli in oysters, mussels and other commercially-important species and boosted the shellfish industry’s economic value. ...
Symptoms of eutrophication—like algae blooms and fish kills—oftentimes result in economic losses to tourism and recreation industries, capture fisheries, and aquaculture operations. In 2009 for example, a massive toxic algae bloom off the coast of Maine led to the closure of commercial shellfish beds, crippling a $50 million industry ...
Regional acidification far exceeds pre-industrial levels, and coral calcification (growth) rates may have fallen by 15 per cent in the western tropical Pacific and the Caribbean, the study shows. ...
The shellfish industry is a significant employment sector in coastal areas and one of Ireland's assets. ...
Still, most waters in the state are healthy enough to support drinking water supply, shellfish harvesting, and ocean beach recreational uses, the report concluded. ...