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Alaska’s Blue Economy Includes Both Mariculture and Wild Caught Seafoods

Alaska’s thriving seafood industry is expanding to include sustainable farmed shellfish and seaweed.
May 22, 2020 - Feature Story ,
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Underwater Cameras Capture the Value of Shellfish Habitat

Researchers and growers placed remote, underwater cameras around shellfish aquaculture beds to document the diversity of species that use this nearshore habitat.
October 19, 2018 - Feature Story ,
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Oyster Bar 101

With oyster aquaculture production on the rise in many regions of the United States, more and more people are finding themselves at oyster bars. Also known as a raw bar, these establishments offer guests a variety of different types of oysters as well as the experience of eating in a more hands-on way. Whether you are looking to impress a date or just avoid spilling cocktail sauce on your shirt, here is some advice for oyster bar beginners.
August 03, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Raw oysters rest on a dish full of ice next to a Rappahannock Oyster Bar menu.

Forum Fosters Native Southern California Oyster Restoration

Very few people are aware of the robust population of native oysters that once thrived in Southern California. Experts discuss how to best fix this missing piece of the coastal ecosystem.
September 27, 2017 - Feature Story ,
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Puget Sound’s Finely-Aged Oysters

Officials reopened Drayton Harbor, in northern Washington state, this winter to commercial oyster farming 22 years after the community stepped up to reduce water pollution.
August 15, 2017 - Feature Story ,
Blaine5thGradersontheBeauty.jpg 5th Grade students harvest Puget Sound oysters

Shucking the Limitations of Hawai‘i's Aquaculture Industry with Oysters

Kualoa Ranch's Moli`i fishpond is the first farm to sell certified grown-to-maturity oysters in Hawai`i in nearly three decades.
October 19, 2015 - Feature Story ,
Oyster baskets float in the Moli'i fishpond with the a lush green mountainside in the background.

Water Quality Robot

NWFSC scientists and partners are deploying a state-of-the-art robotic sensing unit to provide an early warning of harmful algae and pathogens in Puget Sound.
July 19, 2013 - Feature Story ,
It's a beautiful day at Taylor Shellfish Farms, where NWFSC scientists, partners and the media gathered on July 18, 2013 to watch the deployment of the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) in Puget Sound.