
Pacific
The Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) is native to Japan’s Pacific coast. It grows quickly and easily; has elegant, ruffled shells with streaks of pink and purple amid the white and green; and tends to be sweeter and less briny than the Eastern oyster, with a flavor like cucumber and melon rind. It was imported in the 1930s to save the west coast industry after the Olympia was nearly wiped out, and is the main oyster used today worldwide, from France to China.


Cancale
English Channel

Marin Miyagi
Tomales Bay, California

Gold Creek
Washington State

Utah Beach
Normandy

Grand Cru
Willapa Bay, WA

Sinku
Sykes Inlet, BC

Reach Island
Puget Sound

Kachemak Bay
Kachemak Bay, Alaska

Spéciale de Claire
Marennes-Oléron

Shigoku
Willapa Bay and Samish Bay, WA

Pearl Bay
Jervis Inlet, BC

Yaquina
Yaquina Bay, Oregon

Samish Bay
Samish Bay, Washington

Jersey Rock
English Channel

Kys
Morbihan Bay

Barron Point
Little Skookum Inlet, Puget Sound

Imperial Eagle Channel
Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island

Wildcat Cove
Totten Inlet, Puget Sound

Pacific Gold
Morro Bay, California

Read Island
Read Island, BC

Hove Cove
Pickering Passage, Puget Sound

Baynes Sound
Baynes Sound, BC

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