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.
Bodie Island
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Peconic Gold
Peconic Bay
Lone Point
Ware River, Virginia
Chesapeake Gold
Hooper's Island, Chesapeake Bay
Potomac Whitecap
Chesapeake Bay
East End
Peconic Bay, Long Island
Blue Island
Great South Bay, Long Island
Spring Creek
Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod
Rappahannock River
Rappahannock River, Virginia
Turtleback
Portersville Bay
Caminada Bay
Caminada Bay, Louisiana
Oysterpond
Peconic Bay, Long Island
Watch Hill
Winnapaug Pond, Westerly, RI
Beauregard Island
Caminada Bay, Louisiana