oyster
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Dr McGregor hopes the team can build on their findings through continued work with local communities in Islay and Mull, alongside oyster bed restoration and protection work in key areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Ecology and wildlife experts hope to use the discoveries to help rebuild oyster populations in suitable coastal locations.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Shellfish was another popular commodity in a city girdled by oyster beds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Even Graham Platner, the scruffy Maine oyster farmer, was winning Obama-esque praise before his Senate candidacy imploded.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
“It would be shameful to fight you. You are as weak as an oyster out of its shell. I cannot fight you.”
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Harvesting bivalves, like clams, oysters, scallops and mussels, is especially sustainable because these species do not require feed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
They then found an oyster bed that had not been previously documented, as well as confirming oysters could have been present at other sites on Mull and Islay.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Black vendors set up stalls where they sold gingerbread, fruit, cider and oysters to attendees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
That’s close to how you pronounce the new starter at quarterback there, Tyler Shough, whose last name sounds like “shuck,” as in shucking oysters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
For when he smiled, he looked like the kind of man who would sing to the oysters.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Ms. Gunderson is also well served by much of the cast, particularly Mr. McNall, an Off Broadway treasure who was until recently oystered away at the Pearl Theater.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2017
The state closed the western half of its oystering area in Mobile Bay on Nov. 23, WKRG-TV reports, and closed two small but productive areas in the eastern half of the bay on Tuesday.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2022
At its peak, according to the state, oystering in Apalachicola Bay supported approximately 2,500 jobs.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2020
Hartsfield has been reduced to oystering part time, making the rest of his living fishing for shrimp.
From Reuters ● Feb. 21, 2020
People still earned a living mostly from fishing, oystering, and trapping.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
There were only a few more days of oystering left that winter of ’44.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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