16+ hour, 42+ min ago   (153+ words) First baby oystercatcher in my local bay in years! Oystercatchers are territorial. A pair will claim and defend a stretch of shoreline, especially if it’s a rich source of food. A bay near my house has an abundance of clams…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (469+ words) Published 5:57 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 OLYMPIA — Shellfish managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on Sept. 10 announced 40 tentative days of razor clam digs at four coastal beaches from Oct. 9 through Dec. 27. All beach openings are dependent on final approval…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (100+ words) Seabird populations were decimated more than a century ago The American oystercatcher is rebounding along the coast of the Americas. Hunting and egg collecting nearly wiped out the species in New England by the 20th century. But because of recovery efforts…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (463+ words) WASHINGTON — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has reopened recreational harvesting for clams, mussels and oysters on select public beaches in Hood Canal and Admiralty Inlet following an unprecedented summer-long biotoxin closure. The reopening follows updated guidance from the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (547+ words) Home - Environment - A tiny European native oyster can filter about 200 liters of seawater a day and release up to 2 million larvae at once, yet its reefs have collapsed across much of Europe and UK populations have fallen by around 95% Imagine…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (143+ words) Do you suck the head out?” I heard from the table next to me earlier this summer, at Two Chefs, a restaurant in Amsterdam that hosts a monthly crayfish boil. Yes is the answer: The best way to eat a... What…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1055+ words) Just past sunrise on a warm August morning, Northeastern University marine science professor David Kimbro stood ankle-deep in the waters of Plum Island Sound. He carried what resembled a stack of white pizza boxes — only they were made of PVC…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (369+ words) Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur, the Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA) and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have launched a joint research project to investigate how historical climate fluctuations and sea-level changes shaped maritime trade and human activity around Elephanta Island and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (372+ words) Kolkata, Sep 2 (IANS) IIT Kharagpur, the Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA) and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have launched a joint research project to investigate how historical climate fluctuations and sea-level changes shaped maritime trade and human activity around Elephanta…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1030+ words) SCARDOVARI – Italian fishermen for two years incinerated most of the invasive Atlantic blue crabs caught in the Po River Delta south of Venice. Few Italians had an appetite for the alien predator blamed for decimating their prized Manila clams. While…...