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.
Rappahannock River
Rappahannock River, Virginia
Katama Bay
Katama Bay
Wianno
West Bay and Barnstable Harbor, Massachusetts
Nassawaddox Salt
Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
Pungoteague Creek
Chesapeake Bay
Sippewissett
Cape Cod
Watch Hill
Winnapaug Pond, Westerly, RI
Lucky 13
Great South Bay, Long Island
Chatham
Oyster Pond, Chatham, Cape Cod
Spring Creek
Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod
Cape May Salt
Delaware Bay, New Jersey
Crowes Pasture
Cape Cod Bay
Chilmark
Menemsha Pond, Martha's Vineyard
Chincoteague Salt
Assateague Channel, Virginia
Peconic Gold
Peconic Bay
Forbidden
York River, Virginia
Bodie Island
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Waukeag Neck
Mount Desert Narrows, Maine
Riptide
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Oysterpond
Peconic Bay, Long Island
Dragon Creek
Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay
Thirty-Eight Degrees North
Chesapeake Bay