Pages tagged Aquaculture
How Farms Shape an Oyster
The ideal oyster is three parts long, two wide, one deep. How tumbling, floating cages and growth rate push a shell toward it, according to the research.
The Sterile Oyster in the Room
Triploid oysters are bred to be sterile, and they now fill much of the commercial supply. They stay sweet in summer, carry fewer amino acids, and menus rarely say which you are eating.
Virginia's Oyster Trail
Virginia maps its oysters into eight regions, from Atlantic-salty to river-sweet. A route for tasting the difference salinity makes in a single state.
Clean Energy, Contaminated Oysters?
Farming oysters between offshore wind turbines looks like a model of ocean sustainability. A 2025 study asks what the turbines' corrosion protection leaches into the water.
From the Plate to the Pillar: Oyster Shells as Building Material
The shell left on the plate is mostly calcium carbonate, the same mineral at the heart of cement. What shell can and cannot do in concrete, and in the carbon ledger.
Oysters and Coastal Ecosystems
Oysters filter, remove nitrogen and build reef. Before overharvest, Chesapeake oysters could filter the whole Bay in about three days. Today it takes most of a year.