aquaculture

Jason Pietre shucks one of his Bayou Rosa Oysters. The new, off-bottom oysters are typically harvested at a smaller size than wild Gulf oysters, and the farming process also ensures a consistent, deep-cupped shape.

Carlyle Calhoun

Sea Change travels to the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, for a lively live panel discussion about the future of seafood.

Jason Pitre holds one of his Bayou Rosa oysters. As the wild oyster harvest has suffered on the Gulf Coast over the past couple of decades, more and more people like Jason have turned to farming oysters.

Coastal Desk

Farming the Ocean: Part 2

Boyce Upholt, Food and Environment Reporting Network, Carlyle Calhoun

The Gulf is one of the LAST places in the world where there is still a major wild oyster harvest. Lately, though, that harvest…is in trouble. In this episode, we ask: What can the oyster's downfall and resurrection tell us about a future of farming the ocean?

Coastal Desk

Gulf Of Mexico Open For Fish Farming

Tegan Wendland

Soon companies will be able to farm fish in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has opened federal waters to…