The question of whether the longtime shellfish farm in Burley Lagoon can raise geoducks is inching toward a final answer. Burley Lagoon, a body of saltwater that connects under the Purdy Bay Bridge to ...

A group of Johnson Point residents are opposing plans for a new commercial shellfish farm on Henderson Inlet, citing environmental concerns. Taylor Shellfish requested a permit for the proposed ...

Mark and Christin Herinckx had only been living in their home on Oakland Bay for a year before they learned about the proposal by Taylor Shellfish: a 50-acre oyster farm, the size of several aircraft ...

Excess seaweed can smother shellfish farms. But University of Washington researchers had hoped to turn that nuisance seaweed into something beneficial. Last summer, swaths of seaweed scraped from one ...

SURVIVE FIVE FOR CENTURIES FROM ITS WATER FILTERING PROPERTIES TO ITS TIGHT LIPPED MYSTERIES. THIS ROCK LOOKING THING, HOW DO WE GET INTO IT? FROM THE FASTEST SHUCKERS TO HOW THE HECK DO YOU SHUCK IT?

Virginia Shaffer has acquired recognition over the last six years for her contributions to promoting and sharing oyster stories through her blog, Lady Oyster. She is one of the top independent oyster ...