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

But the lab and its process of growing algae play a key role in the nascent off-bottom oyster farming industry that's been expanding on and around Grand Isle over the past few years. Oysters feed ...

As Louisiana pushes forward with the nearly $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project to restore eroded wetlands, oyster harvesters are bracing for major industry disruption, Louisiana ...

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 ...

The Barnegat Oyster Collective comprises 16 oyster farms from Mantoloking to Great Bay, and runs a waterfront restaurant in ...

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 ...

Last year, with maritime traffic limited in the Patapsco River channel during the typical planting season, oysters grown in ...

The oyster industry in Louisiana is crucial to the greater success of the seafood industry at large in the region. Grand Isle ...

which chokes out the bottom (of the bay)," he said. "Clams can't exist. Oysters sink in." But on his farm, after years of hard work, there are signs of a healthy ecosystem. The shallow water is ...

Perry Raso started the restaurant as an extension of his oyster farming business in 2009. He founded Matunuck Oyster Farm in 2002 on a 7-acre commercial aquaculture lease, on Potter Pond in East ...