Category: I Oyster

Usually, by mid-April, there is a noticeable algae bloom in the bay and fruit trees are in full bloom. Not this year – an unremitting succession of nor’easters has extended the winter and kept water temperatures at 40 degrees. Nonetheless, we have used our time, when not repairing battered docks and cables, to march on as if it were spring. Extensive use of wetsuits and an inexplicable affinity for working in cold water has gotten whipped the farm into shape.
We have 70% of the new cabling installed and about one third of our 15 month old oysters sorted and up on the kushi lines. Fortunately, our customers in the city are demanding our oysters, so, despite the cold drizzle, we are suiting up and sending oysters to Manhattan today.