The Chesapeake Bay once supplied half the world's oyster market. But pollution, disease and over-harvesting have nearly wiped out the population. It's a dire situation that's united former adversaries ...

For Thomas Henninger, founder of the Madeleine Point Oyster Farm, oyster farming was his “redemption.” Henninger spent his early life working on a commercial fishing boat, where he felt deeply ...

Josh Wilkie and Fabio Galarce leaned over the side of their boat and hauled up a basket full of oysters, each just an inch or two in size. Wilkie grabbed his shucking knife, popped one open and ...

Charleston oysterman Thomas Bierce holds up two oyster shells. The first has been washed, tumbled and grated while the other has been plucked naturally from the water in a cluster. “They respond to ...

My wife and I spent $320 on a hatchery and boat tour at Island Creek Oysters in Massachusetts. I loved seeing the surrounding bay and shellfish-processing stations from the boat. Overall, I think the ...

Matt Gregg and Scott Lennox purchased the waterfront property three years ago, in part, "because our workable waterfront is shrinking," Gregg said. The rate at which they grow depends on water ...

Amid a significant global decline in wild oysters, a limited oyster harvest season is underway in Texas. State officials have been monitoring reefs across the state and closing access to reefs without ...