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Young Puget Sound Oysters Struggling With Acidification

Flickr Photo/Paul Wilkinson

  A new study from Oregon State University shows that young oysters are struggling due to ocean acidification. But adult oysters are still growing. What does this mean for the future of wild oysters in the Puget Sound? David Hyde gets the details from Taylor Shellfish’s lead researcher Joth Davis.