Off-Bottom Cages
Oysters are grown in cages raised a foot or so off the bay bottom. This protects the oysters from predation and keeps them clean. It also results in thinner-shelled oysters.
Forbidden
York River, Virginia
Conway Cup
Cascumpec Bay, PEI
Tresor du Large
Magdalen Islands, Quebec
York River
York River, Chesapeake
Glacier Bay
Straits of Northumberland, NB
Choptank Sweet
Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay
Oysterpond
Peconic Bay, Long Island
Northern Cross
Fishermans Island, Virginia
Lucky 13
Great South Bay, Long Island
Sippewissett
Cape Cod
Riptide
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Spring Creek
Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod
Chincoteague Salt
Assateague Channel, Virginia
Pleasant Bay
Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, Cape Cod
Bodie Island
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Chatham
Oyster Pond, Chatham, Cape Cod
Lady’s Island
ACE Basin, South Carolina
Olde Salt
Chincoteague Bay, Virginia
Big Rock
East Dennis, Cape Cod
Thirty-Eight Degrees North
Chesapeake Bay
Sewansecott
Hog Island Bay, Virginia
Lone Point
Ware River, Virginia
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