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July 4 is a day many Americans celebrate to honor the country’s independence from Great Britain. For many Native Americans, ...
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According to WOP, wild native oyster populations have declined by over 95% since the 1800s, with poo weather, declining water quality, habitat loss, over-harvesting, and other issues attributing ...
Despite the name, Colchester native oysters are actually harvested from the shallow creeks off nearby Mersea Island. And that's been happening since Roman times.
The iconic 75-year-old singer, songwriter, and pianist Billy Joel has just listed his sprawling waterfront estate on the north shore of Long Island for $49.9 million. Joel bought the estate, which he ...
By the 1940s, the native oysters were considered functionally extinct in Coffin Bay and it wasn't until the 1990s that the Pacific oyster trade, for which the town is now known, officially kicked off.
However, if you ask any oyster aficionado where to find the creme de la creme, they’ll probably mention West Mersea in Essex or the fabled Colchester oyster, hailed for its herbaceous, almost ...
Today Loch Ryan's oyster bed, near Stranraer, is home to more than 20 million precious native oysters. By fishing them, we directly contribute to the health of the oyster population.
Native oysters – ostrea edulis – were once commonplace in Belfast Lough, but by 1903 over-extraction, which left the molluscs increasingly vulnerable to pollution and disease, had wiped out ...