Oysters are a stationary species, and that is why they were hit hard when record amounts of fresh water headed down the Mississippi River were diverted into Lake Pontchartrain and from there into ...

THIBODAUX — A local scientist says that unless the state immediately reduces the amount of freshwater ... freshwater flow when oysters are threatened. There are more river diversions planned ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — Freshwater discharges from Lake Okeechobee are playing havoc with the salinity needed for oyster beds and seagrass. SPECIAL COVERAGE: Protecting Paradise WPTV spoke with ...

A new round of heavy flooding threatens to kill off Galveston Bay’s remaining oysters, further harming a population that was decimated by freshwater ... farther from river mouths still had ...