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Copano Bay
Site of Texas's first permitted oyster farm, Brad Lomax's Texas Oyster Ranch, after the state legalized oyster mariculture in 2019. The oysters are sold as Copano Unos.
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Matagorda Pearls
Texas farmed oysters from DJ's Oyster Company at Palacios, permitted in August 2022. Hurricane Beryl destroyed 100 cages in July 2024; the farm carried on.
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Galveston Bay
The Texas bay whose reefs were smothered by Hurricane Ike's surge. Wild harvest now depends on which areas pass state sampling each season.