In Massachusetts, common blue mussels may not have the star power of Wellfleet oysters or the charisma of quahogs. But like all shellfish they play an important role in marine ecosystems. Mussels are ...

Fish guts for compost. Mussel shells for driveway surfacing. These are a couple of the ways seafood processors are repurposing “residuals” to create additional revenue streams, rather than just ...

Long before pollution, dams and dredging threatened freshwater mussels living in Indiana rivers and streams, the mollusks faced another devastating menace: Fashion. A nearly insatiable demand for ...

Shelby Township — It took only minutes for one of the fatmucket mussels tucked into the Stony Creek streambed to nestle into its new home. The small creature cracked open its shell and extended a ...