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 ...
(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).
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 ...
COUPEVILLE, Wash. — While most farms are on land, Whidbey Island is home to a farm completely underwater. "We call it a farm but really we're mussel shepherds. That's what we really are, right? And we ...
The University of Tartu will create a mussel farm in Haapsalu Bay that will help improve the rundown condition of the coastal area. Haapsalu Bay is the most degraded part of Estonia's coastal sea, and ...
A decision on appeals against the granting of a licence for a massive mussel farm more than three times the size of Aviva Stadium in Cork will now not be made for almost a year. The Aquaculture ...
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.
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 ...
THERMAIC GULF, Greece (Reuters) - 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 ...