...Pacific Northwest hatcheries are components of large shellfish-producing companies. Coast Seafoods Co. and Taylor Shellfish Farms operate their respective hatcheries to supply their own requirements, but they also work to make additional oyster...

...young have survived since 2005, "we're running out of oysters in the bay," said Bill Dewey, spokesman for Taylor Shellfish Farms. "Growers are scrounging for whatever they can find." Standing ankle-deep in sea-water on a south Willapa...