ABSTRACT: Globally, the frequency of harmful algal blooms is increasing and CO₂ concentrations are rising. These factors represent serious challenges to a multitude of estuarine organisms as well as ...

Standing at the water’s edge overlooking Nantucket Harbor, Tara Riley explained that she had never heard of the famed island before she applied to become the town's shellfish biologist in 2009. But ...

SARASOTA -- Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and a Japanese colleague tallied a record number of "baby" scallops March 25 from their restoration site in Sarasota Bay -- good news for Mote's community ...

Standing in the chest-deep water of Tarpon Bay this week, Eric Milbrandt handed a cage full of bay scallops to Sarah Bridenbaugh aboard a Carolina Skiff. Milbrandt, director of the Sanibel-Captiva ...

One of the longest red tide events in Florida’s history has decimated scallop populations at opposite ends of the state. The worst impact may have been the setbacks to a $38,000 three-year effort to ...

As rapidly warming oceans continue to drive Maine lobster into more remote waters, some in the state’s fishing industry regard sea scallop farming as the prime candidate to help bring added stability ...

There was cautious optimism for a scallop harvest season late last year when the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission held a town hall meeting on the population in St. Joseph Bay. At the ...

STONINGTON, Maine (WABI) - “Our vision is to sustain and protect a fishing future for coastal communities in Maine.” Explained Dr. Carla Guenther, Chief Scientist at the Maine Center for Coastal ...

Don the mask and fins — Florida's bay scallop season, which brings do-it-yourself shellfish enthusiasts to the Gulf Coast year after year, starts Saturday. And there's a whole mess of scallops tucked ...

As rapidly warming oceans continue to drive Maine lobster into more remote waters, some in the state’s fishing industry regard sea scallop farming as the prime candidate to help bring added stability ...