As on the East Coast, native oyster populations in California are today only a fraction of what they once were. Besides reducing wild-sourced seafood for

Management activities to rebuild the Chesapeake Bay eastern oyster population have achieved limited success. One reason is that the magnitude of oyster spatfall (settling and

Changes in land-use coupled with sea-level rise contribute to changes in marsh habitat. Living shorelines, oyster restoration, and marsh buffer policies can help to mitigate

Oysters provide important ecosystem services and economic value. However, reduced natural stocks need to be restored. Oyster restoration is growing rapidly worldwide because there are

In 2012, following a severe drought and high salinity, Apalachicola Bay experienced a crash in its oyster population. Historically the bay was the #1 source

With the help of Virginia Sea Grant funding, researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) have developed a genetic test for evaluating whether