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Georgia's first leases for oyster farming, also called mariculture, are shaping up off the coast to bolster the local-grown oyster industry.

Georgia's first leases for oyster farming, also called mariculture, are shaping up off the coast to bolster the local-grown oyster industry.

Credit: (Ximing Guo/RU Shellfish Research Laboratory) Bay scallops are not yet commercially grown in New Jersey, but the Haskin lab’s study suggests they could become a viable species for the state’s shellfish farmers. Over the last half-century, global sea surface temperatures have been on the rise, but in the last decade they have increased at an accelerated rate. New Jersey’s coastal waters, both along the Atlantic Coast and Delaware Bay, have been no exception. More alarming, recent research indicates that sea surface temperatures in the Northeast are warming two to three times fast...