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
Saint Simon
Saint Simon Bay, New Brunswick
Rappahannock River
Rappahannock River, Virginia
Old 1871
Smith Island Inlet, Virginia
Stingray
Mobjack Bay, Chesapeake Bay
Bodie Island
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Rochambeau
Chesapeake Bay
Chatham
Oyster Pond, Chatham, Cape Cod
Chincoteague Salt
Assateague Channel, Virginia
Ruisseau
Eel Lake, Nova Scotia
Cape May Salt
Delaware Bay, New Jersey
East End
Peconic Bay, Long Island
Lady’s Island
ACE Basin, South Carolina
Rome Point
Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Widow’s Hole
Peconic River, Long Island
Turtleback
Portersville Bay
Riptide
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Blackberry Point
Malpeque Bay, PEI
Crowes Pasture
Cape Cod Bay
Blue Island
Great South Bay, Long Island
Chadwick Creek
Pamlico Sound, North Carolina
Little Bitches
Magothy Bay, Virginia
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