For 20 years, Millicent Turay has supported her family by collecting mangrove oysters near Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, ...

Kaysha Kenney’s oyster shell recycling program has grown to 24,000 pounds, helping restore oyster reefs and support ocean ...

A sergeant with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) witnessed four people loading buckets of oysters into a minivan along Highway 101 near Potlatch State Park. The daily limit in ...

The oyster shell in my hand was deep cupped, purple tinged, and petite, with beautiful ridges. The meat was surprisingly sweet. It looked and tasted nothing like the mammoth, creamy Gulf oysters I’m ...

Are you craving the freshest oysters in North Carolina? The state’s coastline takes seafood seriously, and oysters sit at the center of it all. Tidal creeks, working ports, and small coastal towns ...

On the far reaches of the Louisiana marsh, a few dozen volunteers were engaged in a weightlifting workout with unconventional equipment: 30-pound bags of recycled oyster shells. The volunteers for the ...

Emily Wilder is all about oysters. How they grow, how their ecosystem needs protecting, how to shuck them and of course, how to eat them— raw, grilled, fried, roasted, stewed, canned, pickled, steamed ...

On many coastlines around the world, piles of discarded oyster and mussel shells are a common sight — the leftovers of a global seafood industry that produces millions of tonnes of waste each year. At ...

Fishing for European native oysters (Ostrea edulis) has been part of UK coastal heritage since Roman times and has supported many coastal communities. These bivalve molluscs with rounded, rough shells ...

Oysters are a nutrient-rich seafood with healthy levels of omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin B12, and antioxidants. When supported by a balanced diet, regularly eating oysters can offer benefits such as ...

On a late afternoon in early November, Xochitl Bervera launches The Roxie Girl from St. George Island into the gentle waters of Florida’s Apalachicola Bay. Almost as soon as the boat gets up to speed, ...