Bawana. All the farms on the east coast are growing the same kind of oyster: The eastern oyster as it is know. Many farms play around with other species but the eastern is the one that is native and therefore does the best. The eastern oyster has a large range, going from Texas right on up to the Canandian Maritimes.
The farm that I am on is in Rhode Island, on a south shore saltpond. THe cape is know for farmed oysters as is Maine, Novia Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The farming in the northeast is done differently than down south--it all depends on how much bottom the state or province will lease to the farmer.
We lease bottom from the state of Rhode Island and herein is where the problems arise--how can something that was once a private resource (the sea) be suddenly private?
I could ramble on about this, and have already gone beyond your original question.
Northern oysters are much tastier than southern oysters because the waters are colder and more rich in plankton................you should try one of ours, they are the best.
An oyster is an oyster, but it's the waters that they are grown in that gives them their taste.
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