Before you dig into that platter of freshly shucked oysters or baked clams at your favorite seafood restaurant, better make sure you know from where the shellfish originated. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

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 ...

This January 2019 file photo shows mussels at Pemaquid Mussel Farms mussel growing and processing center in Bucksport. Credit: Nick Sambides Jr. / BDN About a decade ago, Blue Hill Bay mussel farmer ...

Lawmakers and local water agencies are ramping up efforts to tackle the spread of Golden Mussels, an invasive species that ...

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 ...