Shellfish Growers News Today

Here are the letters to the editor for Nov. 15 in The Olympian.

As a candidate, Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK), the first Alaska Native ever elected to Congress, ran as a “pro-fish” candidate. Now, she is in Congress, Peltola, with U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Rob Wittman (R-VA) have launched the bipartisan American Seafood Caucus. The purpose of the caucus is to provide a forum for seafood policy champions to find common ground and ensure that healthy, domestically produced, seafood doesn’t take a backseat...

The new Acuff Center for Aquaculture will advance the science of farming shellfish. The 22,000-square-foot facility houses a shellfish research hatchery designed to accommodate the operation of VIMS’ Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center (ABC) and other teams associated with VIMS Shellfish Aquaculture Program.

The 10-year-long dispute over U.S. shellfish exports to Europe turned on disagreements over how officials determined the presence of bacteria.

The Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal is a weekly print newspaper and online news source serving Virginias Middle Peninsula.

A new report led by researchers at the University of British Columbia shows scientists have been underestimating the effects of climate change on our oceans and the creatures that dwell within them.

Oyster prices plummet as diners stay home amid pandemic Financial aid, new hatchery offer hope for watermen, growers Search By Jeremy Cox & Timothy B. Wheeler, Bay Journal News Service Bill Huber and Jason Robbins hoist a bushel of oysters into the back of a pickup truck on Hoopers Island, MD, in December 2020. Bay watermen are having little trouble reaching their state-imposed bivalve quotas each day but are fetching lower prices than last year. (Bay Journal photo by Jeremy Cox) With several...