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.
East End
Peconic Bay, Long Island
Rochambeau
Chesapeake Bay
Chincoteague Salt
Assateague Channel, Virginia
Wianno
West Bay and Barnstable Harbor, Massachusetts
Pipes Cove
Peconic Bay, Long Island
Northern Cross
Fishermans Island, Virginia
Isle Dauphine
Dauphin Island, Alabama
Rome Point
Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Crowes Pasture
Cape Cod Bay
Misty Point
Smith Island, Virginia
Raspberry Point
New London Bay, PEI
Lady’s Island
ACE Basin, South Carolina
Rappahannock River
Rappahannock River, Virginia
Thirty-Eight Degrees North
Chesapeake Bay
Sewansecott
Hog Island Bay, Virginia
Cape May Salt
Delaware Bay, New Jersey
Choptank Sweet
Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay
Widow’s Hole
Peconic River, Long Island
Bodie Island
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Blackberry Point
Malpeque Bay, PEI
Chadwick Creek
Pamlico Sound, North Carolina
Pelican Reef
Cedar Key, Florida
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