Health & Welfare
Lab studies genes involved with growth, development of bay scallops
In the 1960s, scientists identified bay scallops as a candidate for aquaculture and established many of the techniques behind current culture methodologies.
Health & Welfare
New molecular techniques detect nodaviruses in Atlantic cod hatcheries
The nodaviruses that can infect the nervous systems of Atlantic cod threaten further expansion of the burgeoning cod-farming industry.
Intelligence
Researchers develop low-tech recirculating culture system for quahog clams
One shellfish species commonly raised in the northeastern United States is the quahog or hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria).