Pages tagged South Africa
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Knysna
South Africa's oyster town. Lagoon farming began in the late 1940s and proved unviable; the farmed oysters served there now grow in Port Elizabeth and Saldanha Bay.
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Saldanha Bay
South Africa's biggest oyster operation, founded in 2005: Pacific oysters from Chilean seed, grown in stacked baskets on ropes and ready in 8 to 20 months by size.
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Striostrea margaritacea
South Africa's native rock oyster, picked wild from the rocks between Cape Agulhas and Mozambique. Too slow-growing to farm, and rarely seen outside the country.