oyster farming

Aphrodite Oysters is a premium oyster farm in the tidal waters of the Lower Weskeag River in South Thomaston, Maine. Founded by Krista Tripp, a lifelong Mainer and former lobster harvester who embraced aquaculture in 2018, it is a woman-owned business with a full-time crew and restaurant partners. Oysters are raised over three to five years and known for soft, plump flesh and firm, fluted shells with a moderately salty, slightly sweet flavor. In 2023 the company completed a solar energy installation at its onshore facility.

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Baywater Shellfish is an oyster farming company that grows oysters in the cold, clean waters of Washington's northern Hood Canal. They harvest fresh and ship directly from their farm to customers, with no middlemen.

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Big Tree Oyster Company is an oyster farm in Rockport, Texas, founded by husband-and-wife team Amy and Seth, both Rockport natives. Amy is a conservation biologist and Seth is a marine hydrographer and boatbuilder; they launched Texas' 7th oyster farm in 2022. The farm raises Eastern oysters in Copano Bay near Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and Goose Island State Park, using hands-on techniques that mimic natural tides, with no food, fertilizer, or chemicals.

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Blackstone Point Oyster Farms has been growing premium Maine oysters on the Damariscotta River estuary since 2016. The crew raises, harvests, and packs oysters by hand, cultivating hearty oysters with a signature bright buttery brine. The farm uses zero pesticides, herbicides, feed, or fresh water, and distributes oysters to restaurants, markets, and raw bars from the east coast to the west.

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Butterfield Shellfish is a family farm in Maine that grows Atlantic oysters called Butterfields, cultivated in the cold waters of Casco Bay between Little Moshier and Moshier Islands. The company began growing oysters with the goal of building protected oyster reefs in Casco Bay and states a mission to positively impact the health of the Maine coastline.

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Deer Isle Oyster Company raises and hand-harvests oysters in Deer Isle, Maine, offering the clean, snappy taste of Maine's ocean. The company operates an oyster farm and an oyster shop, practices plastic-free sea farming, and provides instructions and supplies for shucking oysters at home.

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