There's an apparent disconnect when it comes to mussels in Rhode Island. They're found on the menu of just about every fine restaurant. But hardly anyone harvests them from Narragansett Bay. It's not ...

In 1975, a retired military man named Peter Jefferds changed American food history on a small cove in Washington. After ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – If you’re craving fresh shellfish, you’ll have to avoid these sections of the Oregon Coast until officials say it’s safe to do so. The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the ...

Mussel harvesting is now open coastwide from the Washington border to the California border the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today. Marine biot ...

While blue mussels are a traditional source of subsistence food in Unalaska, in recent years, reduced numbers and concerns about paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, have limited the amount locals ...

For thousands of years, pearls have been a prized gemstone used to craft jewelry and other adornments. But North America has ...

When Anastasios Zakalkas pulled up the ropes of his mussel farm in the Aegean Sea last month, the devastation was clear: the lines were not heaving with molluscs as they should be at harvest time but ...