Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fishermen have taken oysters out of the Long Island Sound off Connecticut for generations. But Todd Koehnke and Tim Macklin have ...

Growing up on Taiwan's west coast where mollusk farming is popular, Eddie Wang saw discarded oyster shells transformed from waste to function—a memory that inspired him to create a unique and ...

If you're looking for an alternative to prevent weeds from sprouting up in your garden beds, this seafood waste product could ...

Sitting atop the crow’s nest of a small barge, the boat captain shielded his eyes from the July sun and pitched his gaze to the commotion below. The hum of heavy equipment and the clatter of oyster ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A new local effort is turning restaurant leftovers into a powerful tool for cleaner water. Oyster shells from The Breakersand Cod & Capers Seafood are getting a second life — ...

"What we're really doing is sort of kick-starting that recovery process," Simon Branigan, Marine Restoration Lead at The ...

One night in March, Jason Pitre left his Bayou Rosa Oyster Farm in Leeville with sacks of oysters bound for a fundraiser in New Orleans. He’d just pulled those oysters from the waters of Bayou ...

New research from a team at Trinity College Dublin has unearthed a cheap and environmentally friendly new option for removing pollutants from our water. The key? Oyster shells that would ordinarily ...

Roughly 300,000 oyster bushels are consumed in South Carolina each year, but only 35,000 to 40,000 bushels are recycled, said South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Shell Recycling Coordinator ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - There’s definitely an art to eating oysters, and there’s also an art in oyster shells. Oyster art has become a popular trend, and from chandeliers to jewelry, it’s all the ...

Across Australia, recycled oyster shells and rock are helping restore lost shellfish reefs, reviving marine life, cleaning coastal waters and supporting local communities.