Matthew Moretti, co-owner of Bangs Island Mussels in Casco Bay, said the operation doubled production during the past two years. He’s seen here on a raft from which lines are suspended to grow mussels ...

(a) Sectional view of a headline and (b) locations of Rope Plots at Trial Stations 1 and 2, and corresponding Control Plots at the Lyme Bay mussel farm. Credit: Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries (2022).

New analysis has shown that the UK's first large scale offshore mussel farm might in fact serve as a form of restoration rather than creating habitats never seen in the area before. A map dating from ...

STORY: When Anastasios Zakalkas pulled up the ropes of his mussel farm in the Aegean Sea last month, the devastation was clear: the lines were not heaving with molluscs as they should be at harvest ...

Chef Olivier Queva’s sautéd squid is a signature dish at the restaurant he has owned and run with his wife Anne Marie in Kinsale since 2019. While the ingredients include mussels, Mr Queva has no ...

That steaming bowl of mussels you love? There might be an uninvited guest hiding inside. A recent report from Euractiv reveals that the oceans, especially prime mussel farming grounds, are swimming ...

Catalina Sea Ranch has finally grown some mussels. The company’s aquaculture farm a few miles off Los Angeles County’s southern coast harvested its first batch in mid-July. The initial crop was three ...

Bulgaria is the main mussel producer in the Black Sea - Copyright AFP SAUL LOEB Bulgaria is the main mussel producer in the Black Sea - Copyright AFP SAUL LOEB Faced ...

Aquaculture is fast becoming integral to global food security and, to feed the world’s growing population, it is expected to continue expanding rapidly in the coming years. However, a new study ...

When Anastasios Zakalkas pulled up the ropes of his mussel farm in the Aegean Sea last month, the devastation was clear: the lines were not heaving with molluscs as they should be at harvest time but ...

The UK’s first large scale offshore mussel farm is allowing shellfish reefs to return to parts of the seabed off England’s south coast for the first time in up to 150 years, a new study has revealed.