
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.


Hog Island Sweetwater
Tomales Bay, California

Marin Miyagi
Tomales Bay, California

Skagit Bay
Skagit Bay

Lambertini
Strait of Georgia, BC

Jersey Rock
English Channel

Read Island
Read Island, BC

Kodomo
Hammersley Inlet, Washington

Royal Courtesan
Cortes Island, British Colombia

Zen
Baynes Sound, BC

Evening Cove
Strait of Georgia, BC

Summer Blues
Port Townsend Bay

Gigamoto
Baynes Sound, BC

Kusshi
Baynes Sound, Vancouver Island

Willapa Bay
Willapa Bay, Washington

Little Wing
Okeover Inlet, BC

Gillardeau
Marenne-Oleron

Elkhorn
Willapa Bay, Washington

Pacific Gold
Morro Bay, California

Swinomish
Skagit Bay

Lopez Island
Shoal Bay, Lopez Island

Hove Cove
Pickering Passage, Puget Sound

Grassy Bar
Morro Bay, California

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