Responsibility
All clams on deck: How restorative aquaculture can repair Florida estuaries
New legislation aims to tackle tough environmental issues in Florida estuaries by bolstering the number of clams and seagrass through restorative aquaculture.
Responsibility
Researchers look to help Florida clam farmers safely repel predatory whitespotted eagle rays
Florida Atlantic University researchers investigate ways to help the state’s clam farmers repel a predatory species cutting into their profits.
Innovation & Investment
Portuguese clam grower closes Series B financing round led by Aqua-Spark, Semapa
Oceano Fresco, a Portuguese producer of clams native to Europe, closed a €6.1 million Series B financing round led by Aqua-Spark and Semapa NEXT.
Intelligence
Farmers trade Kansas cornfields for Florida clam beds
The Stones came to Florida without experience in clams and no ties to the fishing community. Their backgrounds in farming, however, are proving valuable.
Responsibility
They’re ‘everywhere’: The pervasiveness of microplastics
How has the plastic in aquaculture operations contributed to microplastic pollution? And is plastic pollution contaminating aquaculture products? The Advocate takes a closer look.
Responsibility
Lease, seed and repeat: GreenWave’s replicable aquaculture
Don’t call it integrated multi-trophic aquaculture: Former commercial fisherman Bren Smith says polyculture of non-fed species is the future of aquaculture.
Intelligence
Rubino, Knapp lay out ‘political economics’ of U.S. aquaculture
Michael Rubino and Gunnar Knapp list key reasons why U.S. marine aquaculture has been limited to a scale far below its vast potential.
Responsibility
Ostras sociales: Comunidades inspirando acuacultura
Para que cualquier empresa tenga éxito, en última instancia debe ser consciente de la línea de fondo. Sin embargo, la rentabilidad no tiene por qué venir a expensas de la filantropía. Dos empresas de acuicultura, a menos de 100 millas de distancia de la costa este de los Estados Unidos, han demostrado que el éxito se puede medir más allá del dinero.
Responsibility
Social oysters: Aquaculture inspiring communities
Two New England shellfish producers are furthering their innovative social license initiatives, both in their hometowns and in food-insecure regions overseas. Island Creek Oysters and Matunuck Oyster Farm have become admirable aquaculture ambassadors.
Health & Welfare
Temperature affects quality, safety of quahog clams
The rapid cooling of harvested quahog clams to achieve the product temperatures required by regulators and dealers can often result in mortalities due to thermal shock.
Health & Welfare
Triploid hard clams evaluated for Florida aquaculture
Induced triploidy could theoretically improve the survival of cultured hard clams because triploids divert energy from reproduction to somatic growth, resulting in larger and potentially hardier clams than diploids.