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.
Wianno
West Bay and Barnstable Harbor, Massachusetts
Oysterpond
Peconic Bay, Long Island
Chatham
Oyster Pond, Chatham, Cape Cod
Cape May Salt
Delaware Bay, New Jersey
Olde Salt
Chincoteague Bay, Virginia
Choptank Sweet
Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay
Nassawaddox Salt
Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
Pungoteague Creek
Chesapeake Bay
York River
York River, Chesapeake
Caminada Bay
Caminada Bay, Louisiana
Kumamoto (Oregon)
Yaquina Bay, Oregon
Widow’s Hole
Peconic River, Long Island
Forbidden
York River, Virginia
Misty Point
Smith Island, Virginia
Riptide
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Old 1871
Smith Island Inlet, Virginia
Watch Hill
Winnapaug Pond, Westerly, RI
Chincoteague Salt
Assateague Channel, Virginia
Chadwick Creek
Pamlico Sound, North Carolina
Mayflower
Cape Cod Bay
Dragon Creek
Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay
Pelican Reef
Cedar Key, Florida
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