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Stony Brook University researchers will study how underwater sediment that’s kicked up by large-scale shellfish harvesting impacts the environment. They will map the bottom of Oyster Bay Harbor and ...

In the coming weeks, residents may notice the presence of a different boat on Manhasset Bay. Cashin Associates, an environmental contractor retained by the Town of North Hempstead and the Manhasset ...

It was a sunny day with hardly a cloud as Billy Painter, a bayman or hard shell clammer, went about his business on his boat in the middle of the Long Island Sound. Deep in the water, though, things ...

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A study is underway to better understand how silt is damaging the oyster industry in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor and will make recommendations on how to solve the problem. Willapa Bay oyster growing ...

Researchers from Stony Brook University plan to study how mechanical shellfish harvesting kicks up sediment in Oyster Bay Harbor over the coming year. How the sediment affects the environment under ...

SOUTH BEND, Wash. (AP) — State regulators on Monday tentatively denied a request by Willapa Bay oyster growers to use a pesticide to control shrimp that burrow in oyster and clam beds and make it hard ...

Around the world, seagrass beds -- shallow-water ecosystems that are important habitats, food sources, and sediment stabilizers -- are in decline, says Frederick Short, research professor of natural ...

Microplastics were found at all 16 sites studied in Baynes Sound and Lambert Channel, British Columbia, and were most abundant in the sediments of Henry Bay and Metcalfe Bay, according to a new study.

This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. From coastal cities around the world, ...