Drakes Bay restaurants file suit against US Interior over company closure
Drakes Bay Oyster Co. in California is garnering loyal backing from the Marin County restaurants it serves, who are suing the US Interior Department in federal court in San Francisco to block the closure of the company, planned for July 31
Oyster harvesters await harbor expansion on Mississippi Gulf Coast
Expansion of harbor to grant easier access to oyster harvesters at Pass Harbor
California oyster firm to close by August
Drakes Bay Oyster Co. expected to be out of business by the end of the month under order of the federal government, as lease expires
Acidification-resistant oysters found in Sydney
Study shows Sydney rock oysters can adapt to ocean acidification, a finding scientists say could be used to breed stronger oysters
Rhode Island’s farmed oyster industry sees value rise
Oysters, which account for about 98% of all Rhode Island aquaculture products, increased in value by 49% in 2013 compared to previous year
US imports more than 85% of seafood, says researcher
Paul Greenberg says the biggest shift has been the exchange of oysters for foreign shrimp
Oyster harvests down in New Orleans
One dealer says production is one tenth of what it once was, blames impacts of BP oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico
Future of oyster fishery sparks controversy in PEI
The Prince Edward Island Shellfish Association said it is gravely concerned about the future of the public oyster fishery in the Canadian province
Oyster harvest at record low in region affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill
From Texas to Florida, the number of oysters harvested in the Gulf is at one of the lowest on record
California oyster farmer files official appeal against government-ordered closure
Drakes Bay, which operates California's only oyster cannery, argues that it bought the company in 2005, seven years before the scheduled expiration of a 40-year lease in federal waters