Pages tagged West Coast
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.
Humboldt Bay
California's biggest oyster bay, where Kumamotos bring in most of the money and a third of sales are seed for other farms. Almost 10 million oysters a year.
Netarts Bay
Oregon's clean, salty little bay, where a hatchery's dying larvae became the first clear sign of ocean acidification reaching shellfish farms.
Willapa Bay
The estuary that shipped oysters to the forty-niners and now supplies around 70% of Washington's oysters. Big, working-bay Pacific oysters with a long history.
East Coast vs West Coast
Atlantic oysters lead with salt and a firm bite; Pacific ones with sweetness and body. The species, tides, temperature, salt and plankton behind the difference.
Kumamoto Oysters
A separate species from the Pacific oyster, brought from Japan in the 1940s. Small, deep-cupped and sweet, and still thriving on its home beds in the Ariake Sea.