Raw Oysters

see also:
Lobster

Wikipedia:

Seafood
Edible molluscs

In the News . . .

• Ancient humans may have cooked and eaten snails 170,000 years ago -- NewScientist (25 March 2023)
  
  
• Billions of snow crabs in Alaska likely vanished due to warm ocean, study says -- The Guardian (20 October 2022)
  
  
• Why the shellfish industry is struggling to hire and retain workers -- The Guardian (03 October 2022)
  
  
• The surprising benefits of fingers that wrinkle in water -- BBCFuture (20 June 2022)
  
  
• Going Deep Into Oyster Country -- The New York Times (03 December 2021)
  
  
• Here are the 10 Plant-Based Food Trends That Will Be Big in 2021 -- The Beet (31 December 2020)
  
  
• Shell shocked: 'Lobster capital' braces for Brexit -- BBCNews (18 December 2020)
  
  
• Fisherman in Sicily marooned in jail in 'red prawn war' -- BBCNews (04 November 2020)
  
  
• Cave find shows Neanderthals collected seafood, scientists say -- The Guardian (26 March 2020)
  
  
• Neanderthals dived for shells to make tools, research suggests -- The Guardian (15 January 2020)
  
  
• Claws out: crab fishermen sue 30 oil firms over climate change -- The Guardian (14 November 2018)
  
  
• Climate Change Maps and Visualizations -- Reuters (30 October 2018)
  
  
• Climate Change Brought a Lobster Boom. Now It Could Cause a Bust -- The New York Times (21 June 2018)
  
  
• Agribusiness hopes shrimp is Minnesota's newest crop -- NPR (20 September 2016)
  
  
• US Army testing krill oil for warfighters’ cognitive performance -- NUTRAingredients (13 September 2016)
  
  
• The last mermaids of Japan -- BBCtravel (02 Deptember 2016)
  
  
• Oyster Archaeology: Ancient Trash Holds Clues To Sustainable Harvesting -- NPR (28 July 2016)
  
  
• Mussels off the menu within 85 years due to climate change -- The Telegraph (06 July 2016)
  
  
• Romans Ate Porridge, Pasta and Bread, Imported Opium Poppy and Had Fleas at a Fort Near Glasgow -- Culture24 (06 June 2016)
  
  
• The humblest paella beloved by chefs -- BBCtravel (17 May 2016)
  
  
• Why Did We Invent Pottery? -- ScienceDaily (21 March 2016)
  
  
• By Land or by Sea: How Did Early Humans Access Key Brain-Building Nutrients? -- Scientific American (01 March 2016)
  
  
• A delicacy that makes you feel alive: Are these the world's best raw oysters? -- BBCNews (21 December 2015)
  
  
• Lobster Population Is Shifting North; Ocean Warming Blamed -- New York Times (18 August 2015)
  
  
• The 'phallic' clam America sells to China -- BBC News (19 July 2015)
  
  
• 2,000-Year-Old Natural Pearl Found -- Discovery News (2015-06-03)
  
  
• Ancient Human Migration Route Marked by Snail Shell "Bread Crumbs" -- Scientific American (06 June 2015)
  
  
• Ancient clam beaches not so natural, study shows -- ScienceDaily (29 April 2015)
  
  
• Earliest Evidence of Snail-Eating -- BBC News (20 August 2014)
  
  
• Land Snails as a Diet Diversification Proxy during the Early Upper Palaeolithic in Europe -- PLoS ONE (20 August 2014)
  
  
• Ancient shellfish remains rewrite 10,000-year history of El Nino cycles -- Science Daily (08 August 2014)
  
  
• Humans drive evolution of conch size -- Science Daily (18 March 2014)
  
  
• Ancient clam gardens nurture food security -- Science Daily (20 March 2014)
  
  
• Ancient Clam Gardens Increased Shellfish Production: Adaptive Strategies from the Past Can Inform Food Security Today -- PLoS ONE (11 March 2014)
  
  
• Loss Leaders on the Half Shell -- Karen Stabiner, The New York Times (23 February 2014)
  
  
• Opening Oyster Shells the Mesolithic Way -- Past Horizons (05 January 2014)
  
  
• Shellfish and the Rise of Modern Human Behaviour -- Past Horizons (22 June 2013)
  
  
• How Prawn Farms in Senegal Are Combating Schistosomiasis -- Guardian (30 December 2012)

• An Oyster in the Storm -- Paul Greenburg, The New York Times (30 October 2012)
  
  
• BBC Guide to Preparing and Eating Shellfish
  
  
• Beahrs, Andrew. Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens, NY: Penguin, 2010.
  
  
• FishBase online -- Comprehensive database
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Fisheries & Aquaculture
    
    
• The Food Timeline -- Lynne Olver, Morris County Library NJ
  
  
• Freshwater and Marine Image Bank—Shellfish -- University of Washington Libraries
  
  
• Human Activity May Have Boosted Shellfish Size, Archaeological Study Shows -- ScienceDaily (31 August 2010)
  
  
• Island Tool Finds Show Early Settlers' Diversity -- BBCNews (04 March 2011)
  
  
• Kim, Kwang Ok (Ed.). Re-orienting Cuisine: East Asian Foodways in the Twenty-First Century. Food, Nutrition, and Culture Series. NY: Berghahn, 2015.
  
  
• Kurlansky, Mark. The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell. NY: Random House, 2007.
  

• Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Seafood WATCH
  • Seafood Watch Pocket Guide
    
    
• Neanderthals 'Enjoyed Broad Menu' -- BBCNews (23 September 2008)
  
  
• Nutrition Facts for Various Shellfish -- HealthAliciousNess
  
  
• Oysters and Crabs, the Popcorn of Shakespearean Theatergoers -- DiscoveryNews (12 February 2010)
  
  
• This seafood buffet was held 11,000 years ago -- MSNBC (03 March 2011)
  
  
• Seafood Gave Us the Edge on the Neanderthals -- New Scientist (12 August 2009)
  
  
• Sea Web
  
  
• Shellfish Gallery -- The National Shellfisheries Association
  
  
• Shellfish News
  
  
• Stott, Rebecca: Oyster. London: Reaktion, 2004.
  
  
• Timmerman, Kelsey. Where Am I Eating?: An Adventure Through the Global Food Economy with Discussion Questions and a Guide to Going "Glocal". Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2014.
  
  
• Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne. A History of Food. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons/Blackwell 2009.
  
  
• Townsend, Elisabeth. Lobster: A Global History. London: Reaktion, 2011.
  
  
• USDA Economic Research Service
  • Animal Products
    • Aquaculture