New species of tiny shrimp-like shellfish have been discovered in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. They are drawing attention as they have color patterns just like the giant panda. A team of ...

Barry Crackett, Product Designer at Brushtec, takes us through a few of the ways shellfish can lower your carbon footprint When we think of eating a diet that is more environmentally friendly, we ...

Imagine sitting by the sea, enjoying a coastal thali loaded with buttery prawns, spicy crab curry and crisp squid rings. Tempting, right? For many, it is a meal worth savouring. But for others, a ...

There’s nothing more summery than shucking some oysters, but you might want to think twice before you slurp them down—or at least check where your haul is coming from first. That’s because some ...

As the official start of summer approaches, federal officials are warning Americans to take extra precautions when eating oysters and clams to avoid a potentially deadly illness known as paralytic ...

On a cool morning in August, Stephen Payton stood at the edge of a dock in Seldovia, Alaska, dragging a fine, conical net at the end of a pole through the rippling ocean water. Screaming crows and ...

Unlike all other forms of marine aquaculture, commercially grown bivalve shellfish have been identified as the only sustainable form of aquaculture that has no negative impact on the environment. As ...

Usual intake estimates describe long-term average intake of food and nutrients and food contaminants. The frequencies of fish and shellfish intake over a 30-day period from National Health and ...

Toxic algae and their toxins represent an emerging public health issue, particularly due to global warming. The toxicological mechanisms of neurotoxic phycotoxins and ...

Soft shell clams are a native species that live in mud, sand and gravel intertidal areas. It takes about three to four years for a clam to grow to legal size, which is two inches (2"). Harvest season ...