Tag: mussel

Startup with big plans for mussel beards prepares to upscale

A startup creating a biodegradable material from the byssus (“beards”) of farmed mussels, has relocated its headquarters to Glasgow in a move that will underpin...

Storms and stress but signs of success for a fledgling mussel farmer

Dr Judith Brown, director of the Isle of Skye Mussel Company, details the highs and lows of her journey to learn the skills...

Reflections from the world’s largest mussel farm

Its annual production of 60,000 tonnes of mussels makes St Andrews the world’s largest producer of the bivalves, according to the Chilean company’s...

Devonshire mussel farm stimulates the restoration of shellfish reefs

A large-scale offshore mussel farm in Lyme Bay, South Devon, has been linked to the resurgence of shellfish reefs in an area where...

Indian scientists make green mussel genome breakthrough

In a move that’s being hailed as a breakthrough for bivalve aquaculture in India, the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has sequenced...

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