Just 18 months after taking the helm of a flailing sailing-yacht company, its new owner has not only met every benchmark toward getting it back in the black; he’s launched the first of a whole new ...

Many of the boats docked at Prestige Oysters Inc. in Hopedale are from Texas. 'Most of your people here are just starting to come back after Katrina, and then you've got an influx of out-of-state ...

My wife and I spent $320 on a hatchery and boat tour at Island Creek Oysters in Massachusetts. I loved seeing the surrounding bay and shellfish-processing stations from the boat. Overall, I think the ...

NORWALK, Conn. -- Norm Bloom enjoys watching his 5-year-old grandson, Jack, out on one of their oyster boats dressed in his little waders, helping the crew as they pull in dredge cages full of the ...

Three people were rescued from the Long Island Sound on Monday when the boat they were on started sinking about two miles off the coast of Milford, leaving one person in critical condition. The ...

Racing of the oyster boats in Delaware Bay was done casually over the years with schooners and sloops competing off and on Sunday afternoons. The only thing close to the whole fleet racing was when ...

Oyster farmers, quahoggers, and other small commercial fishing operations compete with pleasure boats for space at marinas. With nowhere to keep their boats, would-be oyster growers can't get new ...

Oyster harvester Johny Jurisich empties a dredge filled with oysters onto his boat on March 14, 2022. At Johny Jurisich's family dock in Texas City, more than a dozen empty oyster boats with names ...

Texas closed most public oyster reefs for harvesting, dealing a blow to the fishing industry. "It's taken a big toll on me," says Johny Jurisich, whose family has worked in the business for decades.

A new batch of oyster babies are adjusting to life in the Barnegat Bay after being deposited in a reef following a parade of boats on Thursday. As part of the American Littoral Society’s Operation ...

Fires destroyed three boats at the Oyster Point Marina in South San Francisco on Wednesday morning, authorities said. The South San Francisco Fire Department said dispatchers received a call at about ...