Category: <span>News Articles</span>

New Resource: The Great Oyster Crash

May 14, 2013

The following resource has been posted to the Resources page:

The Great Oyster Crash: Ocean acidification hits the Pacific shellfish industry by Eric Scigliano, OnEarth, August 2011. In this 2011 article, Scigliano investigates Vibrio, ocean acidification and other threats to shellfishing in the Pacific region. Particularly illuminating are Alan Barton’s comments on ocean acidification at the end of the piece. For more information, check out this Q and A with NRDC senior scientist Lisa Suatoni on acidic oceans.

From “The Great Oyster Crash” (http://www.onearth.org/article/oyster-crash-ocean-acidification) Americans eat 700 million oysters every year, but ocean acidification could make them harder to raise, driving up prices for shellfish lovers. Visuals Unlimited/Inga Spence

Managing Shellfish Disease, RISG Coastal and Ocean News

April 11, 2013

Managing Shellfish Disease

Rhode Island oyster populations are currently affected by four types of diseases that are mostly bacterial but also viral, said Dr. Marta Gómez-Chiarri, a professor at the University of Rhode Island, in her presentation on shellfish disease management at the Coastal State Seminar on March 28.

Gómez-Chiarri has been looking at shellfish disease in Rhode Island since 1998 when Dermo, a harmful parasite responsible for massive oyster mortality, was first discovered in Narragansett Bay.

“I’m mostly focused on the eastern oyster because it is major aquaculture species and is most affected by diseases,” she said in her presentation that highlighted her most recent research on potential methods for managing disease in both larval and adult oysters…

North Carolina Sea Grant – COMMUNITY SUPPORTED INGENUITY

March 5, 2013

Check out North Carolina’s COASTWATCH Winter 2010 Issue for an interesting article about the country’s first Community Supported Fisheries efforts, how they made it work, and inspiration for other states.

Professor’s pioneering research on effects of ocean acidification garners global attention and third science grant | Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

March 1, 2013

Dr. Mark Green, a researcher in Maine, looks at the effects of ocean acidification on clams. Read more: Professor’s pioneering research on effects of ocean acidification garners global attention and third science grant | Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.

Willapa Bay oyster grower sounds alarm, starts hatchery in Hawaii | Local News | The Seattle Times

March 1, 2013

Ocean acidification effects on the west coast of the U.S. drive an oyster hatchery business to move operations to Hawaii:

A Willapa Bay shellfish company is shifting some of its business to Hawaii because of ocean acidification that scientists believe is killing tiny oyster larvae in shellfish farms along Washington’s coast.

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