Pacific oyster
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The Pacific oyster, also called the Japanese oyster, is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand.
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Pacific oysters prepared for eating
Oyster farming
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Oyster farming is an aquaculture 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 Roman
Pacific oyster
…some is now produced by hatchery methods. The seed from the wild can either be collected by the removal of seaweed from beaches or by hanging shell (cultch) in suspension from long lines in the open water. The movement towards hatchery-reared spat is important, as wild seed is susceptible to changeable…
In Yerseke, Netherlands, oysters are kept in large oyster pits after "harvesting", until they are sold. Seawater is pumped in and out, simulating the tide
Purpose made oyster baskets
Working on oysters at Belon, Brittany, France 2005
Oyster farm in South Australia