Tillamook oyster farmer Mark Wiegardt wants to help Japan’s shellfish industry recover from the recent tsunami, so he is donating larvae to Japanese farmers. Tillamook oyster farmer Mark Wiegardt ...

Last November, a quiet little town in Mie Prefecture asked locals to name their newest anime mascot character, a cute shellfish diver that represented the industry the town of Shima was famous for.

Japanese researchers announced recently that a sort of shellfish called Thais clavigera disappeared in a 30-km coastal area near Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Researchers from ...

A species of shellfish, Thais clavigera, has disappeared in a 30km coastal area near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Japanese experts said. A species of shellfish, Thais clavigera, has ...

Mark Wiegardt was 15 when he went overseas to learn about the multimillion-dollar oyster industry in Japan. Now with his own company, the Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery, he wants to help that ...