Pages tagged European Flat
Mali Ston
The European flat oyster of a protected Croatian bay, grown there since at least the Republic of Ragusa and EU-protected as Malostonska kamenica since 2020.
Arcade
The flat oyster of Arcade, at the head of the Ría de Vigo. Culture in the inner ría was lost decades ago; 103,500 seed were laid in August 2026 to rebuild it.
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.
Norwegian Flat
The European flat oyster at its northern limit. Norway's stock is free of bonamia and marteilia, and only small amounts are taken, from a few farms in the west.
Quiberon
The Breton bay where flat oysters are still caught as spat and grown in deep water. France now produces about 2,000 tonnes of flats against 80,000 of cupped oysters.
Rossmore
A Cork Harbour farm founded in 1969 to breed native oysters in ponds. Bonamia took 14 million; decades of selective breeding brought the natives back to market in 2023.
Bohuslän
Wild European flat oysters from Sweden's west-coast archipelago, hand-picked by divers at the cold northern edge of the species' range.
Colchester Native
The Colne's flat oyster, held by the borough of Colchester since 1189, celebrated at an annual feast, and now at the heart of England's largest native oyster restoration.
Fal Oyster
A wild flat oyster from the Fal and Truro rivers, dredged by hand from sailing and rowing boats, as the fishery has been worked for centuries.
Maine Belon
European flat oysters brought from the Netherlands in 1949 took hold near Boothbay Harbor and spread along Maine's coast. A small wild fishery harvests them today.
Not Copper Blood: The Flat Oyster's Metallic Finish
The flat oyster's metallic finish is real. The popular copper-blood explanation is not. What sensory chemistry and trace-metal science actually say.