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Alaska Sea Grant and the Alaska Shellfish Growers Association launched Alaska Oyster Voyage to connect consumers with roughly 20 oyster farms across the state. Photo courtesy of Jessica Whitney/Alaska Sea Grant.

Alaska Oyster Voyage puts state’s shellfish growers on the map

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A restoration project in Mashpee, Mass., is working to rebuild wild oyster reefs. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Mashpee leads effort to restore wild oyster habitat

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Water quality data from the Mississippi River watershed, like this collection of field parameters recorded at the Vicksburg, Miss., are used to compile NOAA's annual estimate of "dead zones" in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Geological Survey photo/Nick Barsott

NOAA Gulf hypoxia 2026 forecast

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The Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish, La., is a flood-control structure managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that diverts high water from the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain, protecting the New Orleans metro area from catastrophic flooding. U.S. Army photo by Ryan Labadens.

US appeals court affirms dismissal of Louisiana oystermen’s Bonnet Carre Spillway lawsuit

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The hull of the Miss Violet II is being fiberglassed and repowered with a new Cummins QSC 600 diesel engine to work in the Virginia blue crab pot fishery. Larry Chowning photo.

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The enduring pull of the wooden deadrise boat

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Matthew Oliver and two of his children. Photo courtesy of Melanie Parent

Missing New Jersey oysterman found in Delaware Bay

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NOAA Fisheries has taken the next step in exploring offshore aquaculture development in Alaska. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

NOAA eyes Alaska aquaculture, opens door for public input

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This winter, heavy snowfall and prolonged freezing temperatures locked down Long Island's bays and waterways for multiple weeks, blocking oyster farmers from reaching their growing areas and causing significant damage to gear, vessels, and farm infrastructure. Shutterstock photo.

New York seeks disaster designation for oyster farmers hit by winter freeze

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WHOI Sea Grant has awarded $1.6 million to four new research projects targeting pressing challenges facing Massachusetts' aquaculture and fisheries industries. Photo courtesy of WHOI

$1.6M to aquaculture and fisheries research

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Recovery and cleanup efforts continue after a crude oil discharge reported near the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port on Feb. 26, 2026. Photo courtesy of USCG

Oil spill leaves fishermen waiting on cleanup, seafood safety answers

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Sparrows Point Container Terminal Project partners with Oyster Recovery Partnership to remove derelict fishing gear from Upper Chesapeake Bay. Photo courtesy of Oyster Recovery Partnership

Ghost gear sweep puts 40 watermen to work on the Chesapeake

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