Oyster Farms to Close After Sewage Overflows, Watercare Fix Years Away

‘S..t situation’: Sewage overflows killing livelihood, business owner says

Mahurangi Harbour oyster farmers say they are bearing the brunt of negligent planning.

'Devastating': Warkworth oyster farmers fear businesses won't last the year

Dumping of raw sewage into the Mahurangi Harbour has led to frequent restrictions on their ability to harvest.

Oyster farms to close after sewage overflows, Watercare fix years away

Oyster farms in north Auckland are closed until further notice and one producer says it is unlikely to survive after norovirus was found in the water where...

Louisiana’s oyster industry is at risk. A new harvesting technique is pitched as a solution.

Kirk Curole, owner of Bayside Oysters in Grand Isle, shakes the algae off his floating oyster cages. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator)GRAND ISLE – Not all jewels have the deep green features of emeralds or sparkle of diamonds. Some tumble from algae-coated cages in a rush of rock and shell, briny water splashing alongside them onto the deck of a boat.  These fine commodities are oysters, grown and harvested just off Louisiana’s coastline in a …

Sewage crisis: Dozens of livelihoods threatened on oyster farms

“I’m devastated,” says Jim Aitken. “I don’t think I’ve slept properly in the past two months. I’m getting bloody jaw-aches because I’m grinding my teeth at night. I’m probably going to have to go to the dentist, but I can’t afford to.”Aitken is the manager of Mahurangi Oysters, one of 10 companies farming oysters in the Mahurangi Harbour north of Auckland. They range from one-man operations up to True South, which has about 30 workers. And all h…