Imperiled by OA: How US Pacific Shellfish Farms Are Coping

A recent article in Dialogue Earth, the second in a two-part series, features NANOOS Executive Director Jan Newton and shellfish growers and scientists from our region who describe how monitoring through IOOS for OA and water treatments are helping growers in the PNW, and can provide a model to help growers in West Africa. The article outlines similarities between challenges faced by shellfish growers in the PNW and Senegal, calling out the importance of funding and highlighting the disparity in support for monitoring programs across the world. Photo credit: Ted S Warren / Alamy

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