Pages tagged Suspended Culture
Effingham
A Barkley Sound oyster grown in trays under rafts in 200 to 700 feet of water, then moved deeper and colder before harvest so it does not spawn.
Okeover Inlet
A sheltered BC inlet near Powell River, farmed for oysters since about 1955. Some two dozen leases grow them on beaches and on lines and trays hung from floats.
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.
Umpqua Triangle
Pacific oysters grown on 15-foot ropes in the triangle of water between two jetties at Winchester Bay, Oregon, and never set on the bottom.
Yaquina Bay
Oregon's oldest oyster farm, founded in 1907 on a bay whose native beds were fished out after 1863. Pacifics, Kumamotos and Olympias hang from rafts.
Hampton-Seabrook
New Hampshire's small second oyster estuary, where one farm, Swell Oyster Co., pioneered suspended culture and opened the state's first farm oyster shack.
Fishers Island
A New York island oyster grown in suspension and tumbled in West Harbor by the same family for more than 40 years.
Widow's Hole
A North Fork oyster grown in suspended purses off a Greenport house, in a village where 1,500 people once worked in oysters.
Beausoleil
A small New Brunswick oyster raised in floating trays that never touch the seabed, with a white shell, a black crescent and a hint of warm bread.
Bouzigues
A Mediterranean lagoon oyster that never sees low tide: cemented three at a time to ropes, hung from tables and grown fast in warm water.