Wild
These oysters set as wild spat on rocks and shells in bays, sounds, and intertidal beaches, and are harvested by divers or foragers at low tide. They tend to be irregular in shape and flavor, though sometimes surprising and remarkable.
Fat Bastard (PEI)
Malpeque Bay, PEI
Capers Blades
Capers Island, South Carolina
Saint Helena Salts
Daws Island, South Carolina
Lynnhaven
Lynnhaven River, Virginia
Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Wallace Bay
Northumberland Strait
Pinette Fancy
Maritimes
Bluepoint
Long Island Sound
Onset (wild)
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Mermaid Cove
Malpeque Bay, PEI
Bulls Bay
Bulls Bay, South Carolina
Narragansett
Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Naked Cowboy
Long Island Sound
Apalachicola
Apalachicola Bay, Florida
Mecox Bay
Mecox Bay, Long Island
Bluffton
May River, South Carolina
Malpeque
Malpeque Bay, PEI
Whitehead Reef
Galveston Bay, Texas
Northumberland
Northumberland Strait
James River
James River, Virginia
Martha’s Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Wellfleet
Wellfleet Harbor