Pages tagged Netherlands
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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.
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Zeeland Flat
The Netherlands' native oyster, grown for six years by about ten farmers, and outnumbered a hundred to one by the Pacific oysters sold as 'Zeeland oysters'.
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Zeeland Creuse
The Pacific oyster Zeeland imported in 1964 as a stopgap, which then bred on its own and spread along the Dutch coast. Yerseke is its capital.