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United Nations Endorses New “Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture”

NOAA provided scientific expertise on the guidelines, which will develop global aquaculture best practices.
July 12, 2024 - Feature Story ,
National
A vessel lifts a seaweed line in a fjord in the Faroe Islands.

Celebrating 25 Years of the Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Expo

More than 600 industry professionals, scientists, managers, and students gathered in Providence, Rhode Island, for the 2024 Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Expo and Milford Aquaculture Seminar.
February 29, 2024 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A metal floating wharf with a small boat attached. A small group of people standing on the wharf are talking. A metal machine for processing oysters is on the wharf, filled with oysters. A floating operations wharf with an oyster tumbler. Inside, workers remove barnacles from the oysters before they are graded and counted by an Oystek oyster grading machine. A solar-powered FLUPSY is attached to the wharf. During the 2024 Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Expo, Dale Leavitt, formerly of Roger Williams University, led a tour of Blue Stream Shellfish, which has been expanding in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Credit: Lynn Fantom

NOAA Fisheries Releases New State of Alaska Aquaculture Report

The State of Alaska Aquaculture report is a first-of-its-kind overview of the aquaculture industry in Alaska, revealing the state’s opportunities and challenges to date.
February 23, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Oysters being farmed by Alaska Shellfish Farms in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Oysters being farmed by Alaska Shellfish Farms in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Funding Supports Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Education

NOAA is recommending nearly $2.62 million for NOAA Chesapeake Bay-Watershed Education and Training projects that support student learning, teacher training, and more.
July 11, 2023 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two women lean over to examine how one of the women is holding a yardstick in a stream as other people look on. Credit: Virginia Commonwealth University. Professional development experiences funded by Chesapeake B-WET give educators the tools they need to help their students become environmentally literate. Photo: Virginia Commonwealth University.

NOAA Announces 5-Year Strategic Plan for Aquaculture

The NOAA Aquaculture Strategic Plan will guide our efforts to enhance the growth of sustainable U.S. aquaculture.
October 26, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
NOAA Aquaculture Strategic Plan (2022) report cover. A montage of aquaculture photos: Kampachi swimming, Ulva on oyster bags, Alakoko Fishpond (Hawai’i), net pen aquaculture, oyster farmers at work, raw oysters, mussel longlines, a hand holding bay scallops, and hard shell clams. The NOAA Aquaculture Strategic Plan (2023–2028) includes goals and objectives to sustainably develop the aquaculture industry in the United States. Credit: NOAA Aquaculture Program

Ensuring a Future for Seafood in a Changing Ocean: Part 2

Across the country, resource managers and communities are working to build a resilient seafood future.
October 05, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
An aquaculture worker on a boat pulls long dropper ropes of sea kelp from the water. Zero-input crops such as the sea kelp seen here can provide ecosystem services and economic benefits to coastal communities. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Science to Support Sustainable Shellfish and Seaweed Aquaculture Development in Alaska State Waters

NOAA Fisheries releases new strategic research plan for shellfish and seaweed aquaculture in Alaska.
August 11, 2022 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Kelp underwater

Fall in Love with New Seafood for Seafood Month

Take a chance and meet some new flavors.
February 17, 2022 - Feature Story ,
National
A table with a variety of fish and shellfish dishes Fish and shellfish dishes. Credit: iStock

Seriously Useful Seafood Tips: Shellfish and Other Farmed Seafood

Farmed seafood is vital to our nation’s food production and security. For some, it can be intimidating to cook farmed seafood. We asked eight of our region’s stakeholders and industry partners to share their best tips to empower home cooks.
December 15, 2020 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Northeast Fisheries Science Center shellfish and farmed seafood stakeholders and industry partners graphic

Aquaculture Grower Profiles

Marine aquaculture is an important industry. In many fishing and coastal communities, aquaculture creates year-round jobs that support resilient working waterfronts and economic development.
October 23, 2020 - Feature Story ,
National
Two employees use rakes to clean algae off of oyster bags. Farmers cleaning oyster bags. Clean bags allow more water to get through for the shellfish to filter feed.