Scientific evidence does not support oyster farming as a marine carbon dioxide removal strategy for climate mitigation

Fabrice Pernet; Philip W. Boyd; Sam Dupont; Jean Pierre Gattuso; Frédéric Gazeau; Christopher J. Gobler; Marc Metian; Stephen Tomasetti; Phillip Williamson

doi:10.1073/pnas.2533459123

Scientific evidence does not support oyster farming as a marine carbon dioxide removal strategy for climate mitigation

Fabrice Pernet
, Philip W. Boyd
, Sam Dupont
, Jean Pierre Gattuso
, Frédéric Gazeau
, Christopher J. Gobler
, Marc Metian
, Stephen Tomasetti
, Phillip Williamson

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Original language	English
Article number	e2533459123
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	123
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2533459123
State	Published - Mar 10 2026

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Pernet, F., Boyd, P. W., Dupont, S., Gattuso, J. P., Gazeau, F., Gobler, C. J., Metian, M., Tomasetti, S., & Williamson, P. (2026). Scientific evidence does not support oyster farming as a marine carbon dioxide removal strategy for climate mitigation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(10), Article e2533459123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2533459123

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Pernet, F, Boyd, PW, Dupont, S, Gattuso, JP, Gazeau, F, Gobler, CJ, Metian, M, Tomasetti, S & Williamson, P 2026, 'Scientific evidence does not support oyster farming as a marine carbon dioxide removal strategy for climate mitigation', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 123, no. 10, e2533459123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2533459123

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Scientific evidence does not support oyster farming as a marine carbon dioxide removal strategy for climate mitigation

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