Shellfish

February 9, 2021

WHOI working to address ocean acidification; protect region’s vital shellfish industry

A new report addresses the impacts of ocean acidification in Massachusetts and New England coastal waters on the region’s vital seafood industry.

September 10, 2020

Deciphering the Impacts of a Changing Ocean on Scallop Fisheries

WHOI biologist Rubao Ji and colleagues, along with scientists from NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service and UMass Dartmouth, study the spatial distribution patterns of the scallop catch to help determine the effects of a changing climate on the industry

September 14, 2021

Flipping the “genetic paradox of invasions”

July 7, 2021

Study Shows that Lobsters Can Detect Sound

February 18, 2020

Warming oceans are getting louder

January 22, 2018

Feeling the Heat in the NW Atlantic

April 12, 2016

Swarming Red Crabs Documented on Video

November 28, 2022

Invasive crab population keeps booming in Washington

June 14, 2021

Maine’s having a lobster boom. A bust may be coming.

September 28, 2020

‘The Blob’: Low-oxygen water killing lobsters, fish in Cape Cod Bay.

September 9, 2020

145 invasive European green crabs caught in Drayton Harbor

March 10, 2020

Snapping Shrimp Pump Up the Volume in Warmer Water

March 7, 2024

Is underwater construction noise leaving scallops defenseless?

Sea scallops expend a lot of energy reacting to noisy pile drivers

November 21, 2023

Puzzling over a mollusk mystery

What’s causing a contagious cancer to spread among clams?

June 30, 2022

Invasive tunicates have shellfish farmers crying “foul”

As shellfish farmers struggle with invasive tunicate invasions, scientists are trying to gain insight into the thermal tolerances for these strange critters and determine where they might show up next

March 19, 2019