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Mussel power: how an offshore #shellfish farm is boosting marine life theconversation.com/mussel-pow

"Over many years, the studies have shown how some #mussels from the farm have fallen to the seabed and regenerated lost shell reefs. The farm has also boosted populations of #crabs, #lobsters, #scallops, #starfish, #fish, conger #eels, #sharks and #rays... By creating structure and excluding the damaging effects of bottom-towed fishing, offshore #MusselFarms can restore degraded #fishing grounds"

Mussel power: how an offshore shellfish farm is boosting marine life.

Mussel farming provides a sustainable alternative protein source for human diets, because mussels filter feed on plankton and do not have to be fed wild-caught fish.

Researchers have found that one offshore mussel farm is boosting marine biodiversity and regenerating the seabed.

mediafaro.org/article/20250606

Ropes with mussels under water. | Llúcia Mascorda-Cabré
The Conversation UK · Mussel power: how an offshore shellfish farm is boosting marine life.By Emma Sheehan, Llucia Mascorda-Cabre

Wrrr I like #tmux very much but … lack of mechanizm to get information about currently used client and their settings (like SSH_CLIENT or pty used by client) annoying me. Especially when I attach from different type of terminals which have additional control codes to use (f. ex. #iTerm setting color of tab or #ShellFish setting color of the bar).

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#DomoicAcid can also accumulate in #shellfish & small #fish that feed on the #algae, leading to poisoning in larger #marine animals & humans who consume contaminated #seafood.

Addressing the urgent need to monitor the impact of harmful #AlgalBlooms on #MarineSpecies requires collective strategies. The destructive #California #wildfires, which have contaminated our #oceans & are threatening #MarineLife, serve as a critical call to action for collaborative efforts to protect marine environments….

#China wants to restore the #sea with high-tech marine ranches
China is the world's top #fish consumer and is spending billions on technology designed to restock #oceans.
Since 2015, China has built 169 “national demonstration ranches” and scores of smaller-scale facilities, which collectively have laid 67 million cubic meters of artificial #reefs and planted an area size of Manhattan with #seagrass, while releasing at least 167B juvenile fish and #shellfish into ocean.
technologyreview.com/2024/12/3

MIT Technology Review · China wants to restore the sea with high-tech marine ranchesBy Matthew Ponsford
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"Spanish fishers in #Galicia — Europe’s main source of #shellfish and the biggest producer of #mussels in the world — are reporting a “catastrophic” collapse in shellfish populations due to the #climate crisis.

Some shellfish stocks have plummeted by 90 percent in just a few years."

ecowatch.com/spain-shellfish-p

EcoWatch · Spanish Fishers in Galicia Say Shellfish Stocks Are Collapsing Due to Climate ChangeBy Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

Spanish fishers in Galicia report ‘catastrophic’ collapse in shellfish stocks

A “catastrophic” collapse in shellfish numbers is being reported by Spanish fishers in Galicia, with some stocks falling by as much as 90% in the space of a few years.

Galicia is Europe’s principal source of shellfish and, after China, the world’s biggest producer of mussels, which are farmed in the estuaries. theguardian.com/world/2025/jan

The Guardian · Spanish fishers in Galicia report ‘catastrophic’ collapse in shellfish stocksBy Stephen Burgen