the specific cause of the disease remains a mystery. The illness first makes itself known when the abductor muscle, which holds the two parts of the oyster shell together, turns a reddish-brown.
Virginia has made significant investments in the restoration of oyster reefs in the Chesapeake Bay, and now a study led by ...
Less than a year ago, Multinucleate Sphere Unknown (MSX), a disease caused by the parasite Haplosporidium nelsoni, was first ...
A protein found in oysters has been identified as an outright killer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and to strengthen ...
The FDA is recalling oysters from Louisiana's Area 3 due to norovirus risks, with at least 191 cases reported.
The recall has recently been expanded to include 17 states total, Pennsylvania among them. Restaurants and retailers should throw these contaminated oysters away, the FDA states. The administration ...
Spreading oyster shells on top of existing reefs provides ... in the mid-1980s due to a combination of overfishing and disease. While Virginia Institute of Marine Science has endeavored to increas ...
A recent study has shown that oyster management practices in the Rappahannock River benefit both the health of the oyster reefs as well as the fishery.