Exhausted superannuation, dwindling savings, collapsing businesses, selling houses.These are the conversations for oyster farmers still reeling from a mysterious and deadly illness that is killing ...

Read about Warren's recent oyster shucking trip to Mahurangi where he spent the day on a barge with Lisa and Andrew Hay (otherwise known as Nod, Skipper or The Oysterman) on their Pacific oyster ...

A mystery illness is wiping out millions of Pacific oysters south-east of Hobart and commercial growers don’t know what's causing it. For the last few years oyster production in Pipeclay Lagoon ...

If things go well, the European delicacy can be served when the Pacific oyster, the variety predominantly grown in Japan, is in short supply, according to a restaurant industry official.

Maui Nui Marine Resource Council Programs and Operations Manager Amy Hodges (right) and Maui Ocean Center Curatorial Director John Gorman help load Pacific oysters from UH-Hilo into their new home ...

Natives tend to be better quality than pacific or rock oysters, though they are slightly more expensive. Only use oysters that are tightly shut in their shells or which close when tapped.