There’s a growing threat driving the county’s economy toward utter catastrophe. The county’s largest base of employment is on the verge of collapse, putting at risk thousands of family-wage jobs.

SEATTLE – After decades of bitter dispute, Puget Sound tribes and commercial shellfish growers are scheduled to sign a settlement today that ends the fight over shellfish harvesting from private land.

China's tidal flats feed people and mollusk-eating migrating shorebirds such as red knots, great knots and Eurasian ...

A plan to farm scallops and oysters on the Niantic River met strong opposition from residents at a community meeting for the Waterford East Lyme Shellfish Commission Thursday. The plan would give the ...

Lately, Taylor Shellfish has been in the news. You may have read about our company's boundary issue in Totten Inlet, or about our permit disagreement with Pierce County, or even heard some of the ...

Alaska's mariculture industry has passed some milestones and is getting set to head into the weeds. Aquatic farming was approved by Alaska lawmakers in 1988 and topped $1 million in shellfish sales ...

Plans to bring shellfish farming to Scituate continue to move forward. At its Jan. 7 meeting, the board of selectmen directed the Shellfish Advisory Committee to draft an application for shellfish ...

Following months of negotiations, the California Coastal Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a permit to allow Coast Seafoods Company to continue its shellfish farming operations in ...

Aquaculture is currently the third-most lucrative fishery in New England, after lobster and scallops. Oysters, and increasingly, kelp, are two of the most commonly grown foods. Now, a new study says ...

Alaska shellfish farmers hope a new state mariculture initiative will help boost their businesses. But they warn it’s not an easy industry to expand. The state began allowing Alaskans to farm ...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — The city of Bainbridge Island has crafted some of Puget Sound's most restrictive rules on fish and shellfish farming. Awaiting final approval by the state, Bainbridge's aquaculture ...

State environmental officials said Wednesday that Beach Cove in Indian River Bay and several near-shore sites in Little Assawoman Bay will be off-limits to shellfish farmers as they move forward with ...