New analysis has shown that the UK's first large scale offshore mussel farm might in fact serve as a form of restoration rather than creating habitats never seen in the area before. A map dating from ...

The UK’s first large scale offshore mussel farm is allowing shellfish reefs to return to parts of the seabed off England’s south coast for the first time in up to 150 years, a new study has revealed.

Aquaculture is fast becoming integral to global food security and, to feed the world’s growing population, it is expected to continue expanding rapidly in the coming years. However, a new study ...

After a short trip from shore, the crew reaches the 200-hectare mussel farm. Black buoys float on the surface, with long tubular nets holding the shells attached to them. The men work in silence with ...

STORY: When Anastasios Zakalkas pulled up the ropes of his mussel farm in the Aegean Sea last month, the devastation was clear: the lines were not heaving with molluscs as they should be at harvest ...

The company plans to produce annually about 225 tonnes of sea products, the Corporation for Development of the Far East and Arctic said PETROZAVODSK, May 13. /TASS/. The 100th line on the list of the ...

Matthew Moretti, co-owner of Bangs Island Mussels in Casco Bay, said the operation doubled production during the past two years. He’s seen here on a raft from which lines are suspended to grow mussels ...

THERMAIC GULF, Greece (Reuters) - When Anastasios Zakalkas pulled up the ropes of his mussel farm in the Aegean Sea last month, the devastation was clear: the lines were not heaving with molluscs as ...

COUPEVILLE, Wash. — While most farms are on land, Whidbey Island is home to a farm completely underwater. "We call it a farm but really we're mussel shepherds. That's what we really are, right? And we ...