MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — Freshwater discharges from Lake Okeechobee are playing havoc with the salinity needed for oyster beds and seagrass. SPECIAL COVERAGE: Protecting Paradise WPTV spoke with Mark ...

The state plans to build one of southwest Louisiana's largest artificial oyster reefs in Lake Calcasieu before the year's end. The 100-acre reef will improve oyster habitat and production in the ...

DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Walton County is preparing to begin the fourth and final phase of a restoration project at Oyster Lake, the most imperiled of its 15 rare coastal dune lakes. See a gallery of photos ...

The oyster season will close Friday in Sister Lake in Terrebonne Parish.The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says the season will close at one-half hour after sunset Friday in the Sister ...

The Clermont Oyster Bar is left with hundreds of shucked shells every day from customers who devour the popular delicacy. The leftovers used to be pitched in the trash, but no longer. They’re now ...

On the northern shore of Lake Charlevoix, about three miles from the city of Charlevoix, a pinkie of a bay extends northward. That pinkie is Oyster Bay. The long, skinny bay is just under a mile long ...

CALCASIEU PARISH, LA (KPLC) - The Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries Commission has set oyster season in Calcasieu Lake to begin a half-hour before sunrise on Nov. 1. Still, those who depend on oyster ...

A 200-acre oyster reef has been constructed in a Terrebonne Parish lake south of Dularge, state officials said. The reef in Caillou Lake, also called Sister Lake, will remain closed to recreational ...

SANTA ROSA BEACH — Three local nonprofit organizations are teaming up with the Walton County Tourist Development Council (TDC) for a double-edged beautification project at Oyster Lake on County Road ...

As a member of the oyster community whose family has been involved since 1876, I believe many of your readers may not understand the natural life cycle of an oyster reef or what influences Mother ...