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.
Old 1871
Smith Island Inlet, Virginia
Ruisseau
Eel Lake, Nova Scotia
Olde Salt
Chincoteague Bay, Virginia
Conway Cup
Cascumpec Bay, PEI
Choptank Sweet
Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay
Rome Point
Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
York River
York River, Chesapeake
Wianno
West Bay and Barnstable Harbor, Massachusetts
Pipes Cove
Peconic Bay, Long Island
Kumamoto (Oregon)
Yaquina Bay, Oregon
Glacier Bay
Straits of Northumberland, NB
Turtleback
Portersville Bay
Shooting Point Salt
Hog Island Bay, Virginia
Pelican Reef
Cedar Key, Florida
Tresor du Large
Magdalen Islands, Quebec
Lady’s Island
ACE Basin, South Carolina
Crowes Pasture
Cape Cod Bay
Chesapeake Gold
Hooper's Island, Chesapeake Bay
Rappahannock River
Rappahannock River, Virginia
Chincoteague Salt
Assateague Channel, Virginia
Spring Creek
Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod
Stingray
Mobjack Bay, Chesapeake Bay