“For organisms that calcify, it (ocean acidification) will be much harder for those into the future to build their shells.
It also means reproductive health, the life stages of the marine organisms may be impacted.
What that means is that the whole tropic chain, the whole food web is impacted from the bottom to the top, and we have no idea how that will play out.”
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“The availability of stronger stock and alternate production capacity will be of great benefit to all of our producers and will strengthen the future capacity of the industry.”
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“The industry is becoming more adaptive to these problems and looking at disease-resistant species, looking at translocation protocols for moving oysters and generally proofing their businesses for whether it’s disease or a natural disaster.”
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“Even though short term it’s a bit of a nightmare, fresh water will put the minerals down the river, which will then in turn create this flavour which you can only have on the south coast”
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“If people are responsible and clean up after their pet then there may not be a huge problem. But we all know not all owners are responsible and if this is the case we will all be affected.”
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“So far, Oyster Coast has made seven shipments to China, each bigger than the last, but it faces fierce competition from more established French and American exporters, who deliver in much larger volumes.”
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“Like a lot of people have found, we dipped the toe in the water in China and got pulled in, I suppose the opportunity here is enormous, the market is ready.
They want high quality food, they want high quality seafood, we had a supply chain, a product and more importantly a brand and a story that they were crying out for, so we thought let’s not wait, let’s get going now.”
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“Technology to drain heat-trapping CO2 from the atmosphere may slow global warming, but will not reverse climate damage to the ocean on any meaningful timescale, according to new research.”
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“Oysters could be grown in tanks to avoid weather conditions threatening industry’s future, researchers say”
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“Rising ocean temperatures will affect oyster toxicity, scientists find”
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“CLIMATE CHANGE IS REALLY BAD NEWS IF YOU LIKE OYSTERS, SCALLOPS AND CLAMS.”
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“It’s certainly exciting times in the oyster industry and it is going to be interesting to see what the impact of the Free Trade Agreement will be.”
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