Charleston oysterman Thomas Bierce holds up two oyster shells. The first has been washed, tumbled and grated while the other has been plucked naturally from the water in a cluster. “They respond to ...

The conveyor belt of volunteers stands in ankle-deep water, passing mesh bags full of emptied oyster shells. The regulars ...

A Gulf Shores High School student counts the number of oysters in a cluster at the Little Lagoon Preservation Society’s oyster gardens in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Feb. 9, 2024. These oysters are part ...

Orange County Coastkeeper earlier in the week received a bounty of oyster shells, 724 pounds worth, from the recently resurrected DTLA Oyster Festival, brought back after a five-year hiatus. The hard ...

Oyster shells collected from the Chefs Brigade‘s recent greater New Orleans Oyster Night are being repurposed to help rebuild Louisiana’s coast, organizers announced. Nearly five tons of oyster shells ...

ROCKPORT — Forming a firefighting-style human chain, young volunteers passed more than 370 bags of oyster shells from the shore into the shallow water of St. Charles Bay on May 7. The youngest ...

In Taiwan, discarded oyster shells have been a problem in coastal communities, causing foul odors and attracting pests. But ...

As oyster roast season comes to a close, a local partnership is making sure nothing goes to waste ...

For years, Maryland has participated in celebrating National Oyster Day on Aug. 5. Although many gastronomists still encourage oyster consumption in months that end in “R,” this rule has become more ...

Fishermen have taken oysters out of the Long Island Sound off Connecticut for generations. But Todd Koehnke and Tim Macklin have made it their mission to dump millions of old shells back in. Koehnke ...

SURF CITY, N.C. (WECT) - In the state of North Carolina, it is actually illegal to just throw away your oyster shells. They need to be recycled and there are plenty of places to do that after your ...

Once you've shucked and slurped oysters out of their shells, it doesn't feel quite right to dump the iridescent beauties into the garbage can, later crushed and incinerated among all of the other ...