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Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue, which is eaten. Oyster farming was practiced by the ancient Romans as early as the 1st century BC on the Italian peninsula [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and later in Britain for export to Rome.
TBOC was founded in 1909, making it the oldest continuously ran oyster farm in California. [1] [2] TBOC was co-owned by Tod Friend. [3] (1947-2017) TBOC is currently owned and operated by Cathryn Irving and Heidi Gregory. [4] TBOC sells two types of Pacific oysters in various sizes, and customers must take them away and shuck their own oysters.
Drakes Bay Oyster Company. Drakes Bay Oyster Company was an oyster farm and restaurant formerly located at the shoreline and in Drakes Estero at 38°04'57.3"N 122°55'55.0"W, a bay within Point Reyes National Seashore, on the West Marin coast of Marin County, in Northern California.
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Aug. 4—Aspiring oyster farmers may want to take note of an oyster farming workshop being hosted by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Coastal Studies Laboratory on South Padre Island Aug ...
Tomales Bay oysters. Oyster farming is a major industry on the bay. The two largest producers are Hog Island Oyster Company and Tomales Bay Oyster Company, both of which retail oysters to the public and have picnic grounds on the east shore. Hillsides east of Tomales Bay are grazed by cows belonging to local dairies.
The Harte Research Institute is offering a free online program on oyster farming through a $5.1 million TCEQ grant. Harte Research Institute offers free program to encourage sustainable oyster farming