
Eastern
The Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is native to the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic coast of North America, and nowhere else. It tends to have a strong, gray-brown shell and a clean, briny flavor.


East End
Peconic Bay, Long Island

Thatch Island
Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod

Tatamagouche
Tatamagouche Bay, Nova Scotia

Flying Point
Maquoit Bay, Maine

Stump Sound
Stump Sound, North Carolina

Potomac Whitecap
Chesapeake Bay

Cape Spear
Northumberland Strait, New Brunswick

ClearWater
Aransas Bay, Texas

Pine Island
Oyster Bay, Long Island

Capers Blades
Capers Island, South Carolina

Cedar Island
Point Judith Pond, Rhode Island

Bodie Island
Outer Banks, North Carolina

Chatham
Oyster Pond, Chatham, Cape Cod

Blue Island
Great South Bay, Long Island

Ruisseau
Eel Lake, Nova Scotia

Bodega Bay Atlantic
Tomales Bay, California

Colville Bay
Souris River, PEI

Murder Point
Portersville Bay, Alabama

Watch House Point
Chesapeake Bay

Forbidden
York River, Virginia

Hog Island Atlantic
Tomales Bay, California

Apalachicola
Apalachicola Bay, Florida

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