Their journey from the Grand Isle lab to a New Orleans restaurant is typical for farmed Louisiana oysters. Unlike traditional ...

Off-bottom farming could “help diversify the oyster industry and add a level of sustainability as the industry adjusts to a changing coast,” specifically in response to the diversion’s impact on ...

Last year, Anderson started Little Moon Oyster Ranch, an off-bottom farm in Bayou Rigaud where he cultivates oysters that he says are salty and sweet with a hint of umami, a slightly different ...

was a pioneer in the off-bottom oyster industry. The fourth-generation oysterman turned from traditional dredging to cage farming in response to changing environmental factors. He was the first ...

We decided to start an oyster farm.” I asked Sarah ... right to grow oysters on your lease in cages less than a foot off the bottom. But we always wanted to try floating or suspended growing ...

"They're grown on the bottom in the mud and ... The popular "Row 34" oysters are grown six inches off the bay's floor in the Aunt Dotty in a farm a little further away. "They get the first taste ...

There’s also “off-bottom” oyster farming, in which oysters are grown in bags or cages that float in a body of water. According to the Massachusetts Oyster Project, both of those methods have ...

“To pick up off the shelf what they do and use ... growing his crop in bags placed on the river bottom. He holds an oyster farming lease and has purchased some floating gear but has yet to ...

BRUNSWICK, Maine — Maine is producing more oysters than ever due to a growing number of shellfish farms that have launched off its coast ... future of shellfish farming or it will lose its ...

Louisiana’s Grand Isle launches “Jewel” oyster brand to promote off-bottom farming $140K LED grant supports marketing and infrastructure development Technique revives oyster farming post-Hurricane Ida ...