This spring’s record-shattering flooding from the Mississippi River has wreaked historic havoc on oyster production in the Gulf of Mexico, which could reverberate for years to come with scant supply and hard-to-digest prices. …
The funds will be used to identify the genes that make oysters grow faster and bigger, more tolerant of acidic waters and low oxygen and salinity, and more resistant to a pair of parasitic diseases that have decimated the population. …
Continuing to monitor the impact of this year’s record floodwaters, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries released updated data on the losses seen in the state’s fisheries. …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local partners investigated a multistate outbreak of foodborne illnesses associated with the consumption of raw oysters harvested in Estero El Cardon, Baja California Sur, Mexico between the dates of February 12, 2019 and April 9, 2019. …
Some Island oyster growers say they’ve lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of crop, largely as a result of P.E.I.’s rough fall and winter weather. …
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