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Man-made climate change is crippling Texas’s oyster industry. Can hybrid reefs help the bivalves endure?

11.14.2018
Jessica Fu
Hurricanes and water wars threaten the Gulf Coast’s new high-end oyster industry
11.12.2018
by Daniel R. Petrolia + William C. Walton
In Washington, a farm-to-table restaurant tried to serve the best local fish. Instead, it stumbled into a debate over tribal fishing rights
09.11.2018
by Doug Bierend
After decades, Native American tribes are regaining their fishing rights. But are there any fish left?
09.11.2018
by Tove Danovich
WOTUS is restored—in half the country
08.20.2018
by Sam Bloch
After Flint, Michigan wants the country’s most stringent water regulations
05.29.2018
by Sam Bloch
The algal blooms poisoning U.S. lakes tripled in number last year
05.15.2018
by H. Claire Brown
Video of gushing farmed salmon blood reignites concerns about aquaculture
12.05.2017
by H. Claire Brown
Oysters on acid: How the ocean’s declining pH will change the way we eat
11.28.2017
by H. Claire Brown
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