Oyster

Bringing back the oyster may be the key to restoring San Francisco Bay.

There was a time when the San Francisco Bay was replete with native oysters. But it’s been many years now since they were contaminated and fished out. As part of efforts to restore the Bay, Andrea Kissack of KQED reports scientists are trying to bring back these useful and sought-after mollusks.

Oysters have long been the cornerstone of the Chesapeake Bay. They keep the bay clean and help support the local seafood industry. But overharvesting, habittat destruction and disease have caused the oyster population to decline dramatically from its harvest highs of the last century. A multimillion dollar restoration project whose goal is to increase the […]

Columnist for The New York Times, Dan Barry says the oil leak will impact everyone from the fishermen who mine the oyster beds in Louisiana to the Minnesota businessmen who rely on crushed oyster shells to be used as poultry feed.

The Gulf Coast is one of the world’s richest seafood grounds, teeming with shrimp, oysters and other marine life. With the river of oil gushing into the Gulf, commercial fishermen are bracing for the worst.