Pages tagged Bottom Culture
Coos Bay
Oregon's largest oyster holding: Clausen Oysters' 635 leased acres at North Bend, first seeded in 1980. Big Pacifics, grown for three summers.
Grevelingen
Zeeland's dammed saltwater lake, closed off in 1971. In 2022 low oxygen killed 80% of its oysters, the worst loss in 30 years, and growers want the dam opened.
Salt Pond
Dave Roebuck's Point Judith Pond oyster, planted loose on the bottom and taken up by bull rake or diver. His floating upweller also supplies seed to farms from New Jersey to New Hampshire.
Standish Shore
Ben Lloyd's Duxbury Bay oyster: nursed in bags, tumbled three or four times, then spread loose on the bottom. Ready in 18 to 24 months.
Tillamook Bay
Where Jesse Hayes planted Japanese oyster seed in 1928, starting Oregon's Pacific oyster farming. His grandson, also Jesse, runs Hayes Oyster Company.
Dodge Cove
Hatchery-born oysters finished on the bottom of the Damariscotta River by the operators of Maine's oldest oyster farm. Light, citrus and restrained brine, says the grower.
Flying Point
A Casco Bay oyster planted on hard bottom and exposed only at the lowest tides, grown by a Freeport couple since 2000. Brothy, briny and buttery, they say.
Norumbega
A family-run Damariscotta River oyster, hand-harvested off the bottom or grown at the surface for small, deep-cupped petites.
Pemaquid
One of the first Maine oysters on the market, grown since 1986 on hard, high-current bottom in the Damariscotta River.
Glidden Point
A four-year, bottom-grown Damariscotta River oyster, hand-harvested partly by divers. The farm describes it as clean, crisp and big on brine.
Moonstone
A bottom-finished Point Judith Pond oyster with striped shells and a full, mineral body that Rowan Jacobsen calls fine and flinty.
Mystic
A round, deep-cupped Connecticut oyster finished on hard, managed beds by Steve Plant of the Noank Aquaculture Cooperative.
Colville Bay
A bottom-farmed oyster from eastern PEI, tonged from soft sand at the mouth of the Souris River, with an aqua-green shell and a salty-sweet taste.