Pages tagged Water Quality
Varieties
Henderson Inlet
A South Puget Sound inlet once closed by pollution. A community oyster farm began in 2002, sold its first oysters in 2008, and saw 240 acres upgraded in 2010.
Environment & Sustainability
Rain, Sewage and Oyster Closures
Why a farm can be closed the day after a storm, what Class A and 'conditionally approved' mean, and why norovirus peaks in the months with an R.
Taste & Science
Reading the Number on the Water
A farm's salinity figure tells you more than how briny an oyster will be. Savory taste peaked near 28–29 in controlled studies, below full seawater. How to read the number.
Environment & Sustainability
Oysters and Coastal Ecosystems
Oysters filter, remove nitrogen and build reef. Before overharvest, Chesapeake oysters could filter the whole Bay in about three days. Today it takes most of a year.