While blue mussels are a traditional source of subsistence food in Unalaska, in recent years, reduced numbers and concerns about paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, have limited the amount locals ...

In Massachusetts, common blue mussels may not have the star power of Wellfleet oysters or the charisma of quahogs. But like all shellfish they play an important role in marine ecosystems. Mussels are ...

There's an apparent disconnect when it comes to mussels in Rhode Island. They're found on the menu of just about every fine restaurant. But hardly anyone harvests them from Narragansett Bay. It's not ...

According to Salem Sound Coastwatch, blue mussels were once a familiar sight on the New England coast, covering up to two-thirds of the intertidal shoreline from Cape Cod to Maine, based on historic ...

Carissa Maurin has heard from people for a long time that blue mussels in Casco Bay had vanished. "The mussel beds have been either disappearing or they haven't been able to find mussels where they ...

After several years of service under harsh weather conditions, the rotor blades of offshore wind parks are subjected to degradation and surface erosion, releasing sizeable quantities of particle ...

Survival of the fittest is expertly exemplified by one marine creature: Minnesota’s freshwater mussels. These shellfish are being applauded for their unique and clever survival strategy. They ...

Newport Mussels plans first offshore mussel farm in US North Atlantic waters. The proposed project off Rhode Island, the ...