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.
Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Saddle Rock
Long Island Sound
Ladies Pass
Galveston Bay, Texas
Tatamagouche
Tatamagouche Bay, Nova Scotia
Bulls Bay
Bulls Bay, South Carolina
Onset (wild)
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Bluepoint
Long Island Sound
Wallace Bay
Northumberland Strait
James River
James River, Virginia
Mermaid Cove
Malpeque Bay, PEI
Martha’s Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
European Flat
Maine Coast
Loch Ryan
Loch Ryan, Scotland
Whitehead Reef
Galveston Bay, Texas
Apalachicola
Apalachicola Bay, Florida
Naked Cowboy
Long Island Sound
Northumberland
Northumberland Strait
Pinette Fancy
Maritimes
Belon (Maine)
Harpswell, Maine
Stump Sound
Stump Sound, North Carolina
Dosewallips
Hood Canal, Washington
Saint Helena Salts
Daws Island, South Carolina