Not Yet Classified — Worldwide/Unknown
A mystery illness is wiping out up to 80 percent of adult oysters along French coastlines in the latest plague to hit the embattled molluscs, which are struggling to cope with global warming.
For the past month, oyster farmers have watched powerless as their shellfish have died in droves with experts at a loss to explain the causes.
“In some areas, 50 to 80 percent of saleable oysters aged between 2 to 3 years have died out,” said Olivier Laban, president of the shellfish producers’
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