
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.


Bodie Island
Outer Banks, North Carolina

Lucky 13
Great South Bay, Long Island

Potomac Whitecap
Chesapeake Bay

Dragon Creek
Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay

Pelican Reef
Cedar Key, Florida

Rappahannock River
Rappahannock River, Virginia

Rome Point
Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Misty Point
Smith Island, Virginia

Copano Cream
Copano Bay, Texas

Sewansecott
Hog Island Bay, Virginia

Caminada Bay
Caminada Bay, Louisiana

Beauregard Island
Caminada Bay, Louisiana

Kumamoto (Oregon)
Yaquina Bay, Oregon

Choptank Sweet
Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay

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