Seafood

Not only is now the best time of year for oysters—it's also the best moment in modern memory. North America is in the midst of an oyster renaissance the likes of which has not been seen since the Gilded Age, when your average Joe could pop into a corner joint in New York or San Francisco and pay 6 cents to slurp as many as he could stomach. …

Fishermen here welcome the federal government’s decision to help fund a Lobster Council of Canada project that will enable consumers to trace the Canadian lobster on their plate right back to the fisherman who landed it. …

More than 100 nonprofit organizations and government entities will share almost $44 million in BP funds to promote Gulf Coast tourism and the seafood industries impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the court-appointed oil-spill claims administrator said. …

The commercial season for Dungeness crab opens Thursday for the Central Coast, with the prospects of crabs that are loaded with meat, but fishermen are expecting fewer of them than in the past two years, when records were set. …

Eating at least two servings of oily fish a week is moderately but significantly associated with a reduced risk of stroke, finds a study published on bmj.com. But taking fish oil supplements doesnt seem to have the same effect, say the researchers. …