
Eastern
The Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is native to the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic coast of North America, and nowhere else. It tends to have a strong, gray-brown shell and a clean, briny flavor.


Pemaquid Point
Damariscotta River, Maine

Northumberland
Northumberland Strait

Blish Point
Barnstable Harbor

Gooseberry Bay
Malpeque Bay, PEI

Johns River
Johns River, Maine

Naked Cowboy
Long Island Sound

Pelican Reef
Cedar Key, Florida

Lameque
Baie de Chaleur, New Brunswick

Ninigret Cup
Ninigret Pond, Rhode Island

York River
York River, Chesapeake

Pemaquid
Damariscotta River

Brewster
Cape Cod Bay

Big Rock
East Dennis, Cape Cod

Whitehead Reef
Galveston Bay, Texas

Aquidneck Island
Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Abigail Pearl
Scarborough River, Maine

Saint Helena Salts
Daws Island, South Carolina

Fishers Island
Fishers Island, New York

Shiny Sea
New London Bay, PEI

East Dennis
Quivet Neck, Cape Cod

Taunton Bay
Taunton Bay, Maine

Tatamagouche
Tatamagouche Bay, Nova Scotia

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