oysters

A documentary detailing Connecticut's oysters' farm-to-table experience was featured at the Bridgeport and Mystic film festivals. The film aims to highlight local oyster businesses and educate viewers on the industry.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled a new Northeast Oyster Breeding Center Monday in Milford.

The Long Island Sound Study has received a $2 million boost in federal funds from the Environmental Protection Agency for ongoing restoration and preservation research.

A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: Alex Jones is selling his 127-acre Texas game range to pay for his bankruptcy fight and the remaining damages owed to Sandy Hook families. Also, an investigation is underway into a Bridgeport police officer who shot a knife-wielding man on Thursday.

The Nature Conservancy’s SOAR program has environmentalists on Long Island and the rest of the U.S. collaborating to support aquaculture restoration and shellfish industries.

A study by Christopher Gobbler, a marine biologist at Stony Brook University, found that shellfish growing around kelp develop five times faster than shellfish without it.

The Nature Conservancy has begun work on a project to relieve Long Island farmers of excess oysters and use them to rebuild wild reefs.The impact of the…

Community oyster gardens could be Long Island’s solution to improve the region’s polluted water quality.The Town of Oyster Bay plans to increase the…

New York is now promoting Long Island’s oyster farms as part of its “Grown & Certified” agricultural program.Department of Agriculture and Markets…

Tucked along the North Fork coast in Greenport, Widow’s Hole Oyster Farm is part of an aquaculture renaissance on Long Island. Oyster farming is becoming…