The question of whether the longtime shellfish farm in Burley Lagoon can raise geoducks is inching toward a final answer. Burley Lagoon, a body of saltwater that connects under the Purdy Bay Bridge to ...

Feb. 26—Shellfish farms in the state and the agencies that issue them operating permits are scrambling to complete farm-by-farm paperwork following litigation over whether a former permitting system ...

OLYMPIA — After six years of operation, the Henderson Inlet Community Shellfish Farm reached a milestone recently. Operators of the nonprofit farm offered about 50 dozen oysters for sale on a January ...

A group of Johnson Point residents are opposing plans for a new commercial shellfish farm on Henderson Inlet, citing environmental concerns. Taylor Shellfish requested a permit for the proposed ...

SEQUIM — Taylor Shellfish Farms has started the permitting process to establish a 30-acre geoduck farm in Dungeness Bay. The proposed geoduck farm would be the first shellfish farm operated by the ...

Taylor Shellfish Farm’s Quilcene hatchery perches on a narrow peninsula that juts into the sinuous waterways of Washington’s Puget Sound. On the July day I visited, the hatchery and everything ...

BREMERTON – Commercial shellfish growers won’t have to share their harvest with Puget Sound American Indian tribes under a $33 million treaty rights settlement. The federal and state money will be ...

Sixty shellfish farms in Washington state have applied for federal disaster aid after a double whammy of extreme heat and afternoon low tides killed most of their oysters and clams in June. They’re ...

BRUNSWICK, Maine — Maine is producing more oysters than ever due to a growing number of shellfish farms that have launched off its coast in recent years. The state’s 2021 oyster harvest was the ...

Oyster growers from Long Island are now part of the New York State “Grown & Certified” program, which promotes the state’s agricultural producers and growers who adhere to food safety and ...