LONDON – If you like the occasional plate of grilled scallops or fancy an oyster now and then, read on and ponder. The health of several species of European shellfish is under threat. Shellfish face ...

Overfishing and disease have decimated shellfish populations in many of the world's temperate estuarine and coastal ecosystems. Smithsonian scientists, led by Whitman Miller, ecologist at the ...

Shellfish farmers face a growing crisis due to ocean acidification. How it affects oyster farming and what future consumers ...

For more than 20 years, rainfall forced shellfish bed closures for a minimum of eight days. The new Connecticut Department of Agriculture strategy, which cuts closures down by a day or two from the ...