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.
Bluffton
May River, South Carolina
European Flat
Maine Coast
Capers Blades
Capers Island, South Carolina
Belon (Maine)
Harpswell, Maine
Loch Ryan
Loch Ryan, Scotland
Rocky Reef
Huntington Bay, Long Island
Paramour
Northumberland Straits
Stump Sound
Stump Sound, North Carolina
Wallace Bay
Northumberland Strait
James River
James River, Virginia
Copps Island
Long Island Sound
Lynnhaven
Lynnhaven River, Virginia
Mermaid Cove
Malpeque Bay, PEI
Apalachicola
Apalachicola Bay, Florida
Tatamagouche
Tatamagouche Bay, Nova Scotia
Saint Helena Salts
Daws Island, South Carolina
Mecox Bay
Mecox Bay, Long Island
Pleasure House
Lynnhaven River, Virginia
Onset (wild)
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Naked Cowboy
Long Island Sound
Pinette Fancy
Maritimes