
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.


Gillardeau
Marenne-Oleron

Gold Creek
Washington State

Chefs Creek
Strait of Georgia, BC

Summer Ice
Jervis Inlet, BC

Shigoku
Willapa Bay and Samish Bay, WA

Gigamoto
Baynes Sound, BC

Pousse en Claire
Marennes-Oléron

Shibumi
Eld Inlet, Puget Sound

Netarts Bay
Netarts Bay, Oregon

Gauloise
Belon River, Brittany

Golden Nugget
Tomales Bay, California

Pebble Beach
Hood Canal, Washington

Quilcene
Quilcene Bay, Washington

Fanny Bay
Baynes Sound, BC

Otter Cove
Discovery Bay, Washington

Sawmill Bay
Read Island, BC

Wildcat Cove
Totten Inlet, Puget Sound

Buckley Bay
Baynes Sound, BC

Drayton Harbor
Drayton Harbor, Washington

Pickering Passage
Pickering Passage, Puget Sound

Hove Cove
Pickering Passage, Puget Sound

Kodomo
Hammersley Inlet, Washington

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