Oyster Farms & Producers

Every oyster has a grower behind it. These 180 farms and producers raise the 261 varieties profiled across our guide — explore who they are, where they grow, how they farm, and the full lineup each one makes.

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Producers with three or more oysters in our database.

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Alaska Shellfish Farms

US West Coast suspended culture 2 oysters

Alba Oyster Farm

Canada East Coast bottom culture 2 oysters

Baywater Shellfish

US West Coast FlipFarm suspended cages, mechanically tumbled 2 oysters

Carolina Mariculture Co.

US East Coast floating bags 2 oysters

Copps Island Oysters

US East Coast bottom culture 2 oysters

Dodge Cove Marine Farm

US East Coast top and bottom culture 2 oysters

Drakes Bay Oyster Company

Baja California, Mexico · US West Coast rack and bag, according to the Waterbar menu 2 oysters

East Dennis Oyster Farm

US East Coast rack and bag 2 oysters

Five Star Shellfish

Canada East Coast wild harvest by tonging, purged on a private lease 2 oysters

Huîtrières du Château de Bélon

France wild harvest 2 oysters

Jeri's Seafood

US Gulf Coast wild harvest 2 oysters

Kelly Oysters

Ireland rack and bag 2 oysters

Mook Sea Farm

US East Coast floating surface cages 2 oysters

Nonesuch Oyster Farm

US East Coast bottom culture 2 oysters

Outlandish Shellfish Guild

Canada West Coast suspended culture 2 oysters

Oysterponds Shellfish Co.

US East Coast rack and bag 2 oysters

Pentlatch Seafoods Ltd.

Canada West Coast bottom culture 2 oysters

Rome Point Oyster Farm

US East Coast rack and bag 2 oysters

Sawmill Bay Shellfish Company

Canada West Coast suspended culture 2 oysters

Snow Creek Seafarms

US West Coast suspended culture 2 oysters

Sweet Neck Farm

US East Coast suspended culture 2 oysters

38 Degrees North Oysters

US East Coast off-bottom cages 1 oyster

Adams Family Farm

US West Coast bag to beach 1 oyster

Bagaduce River Oyster Company

US East Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Baja Shellfish Farms

Baja California, Mexico racks and bags, finished in suspended bags 1 oyster

Barley Neck Sea Farm

US East Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Basket Island Oyster Company

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Bay Enterprises Limited

Canada East Coast wild harvest 1 oyster

Big Rock Oyster Company

US East Coast off-bottom culture 1 oyster

Blish Point Oyster Farm

US East Coast suspended mesh bags, then grow-out trays 1 oyster

Bluffton Oyster Company

US East Coast wild harvest 1 oyster

Bombazine Oyster Company

US East Coast floating surface cages, tumbled 1 oyster

Broadwater Oysters

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Butterfield Shellfish

US East Coast mesh bags in flipped cages on lines; overwintered near the sea floor 1 oyster

Calm Cove Oyster Co.

US West Coast bag to beach 1 oyster

Cape Harbor Shellfish

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Carlsbad Aquafarm

US West Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Cedar Island Oyster Farm

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Cedar Key Seafarms

US Gulf Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Chadwick Creek Oysters and Seed Nursery

US East Coast off-bottom cages 1 oyster

Charleston Oyster Farm

US East Coast floating cages, flipped weekly 1 oyster

Chatham Shellfish Company

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Chelsea Farms

US West Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Clammer Dave's Sustainable Gourmet

US East Coast wild harvest 1 oyster

Colville Bay Oyster Company

Canada East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Coromandel Oyster Company

New Zealand rack and bag 1 oyster

Cotuit Oyster Company

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Cuttyhunk Shellfish Farms

US East Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Dabob Bay Oyster Co.

US West Coast beach culture 1 oyster

Dragon Creek Aqua Farm

US East Coast off-bottom cages 1 oyster

Drayton Harbor Oyster Company

US West Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Duxbury Oyster Company

US East Coast hatchery seed grown out in baskets for about two years 1 oyster

East Cape Oyster Company

Canada East Coast floating upwellers, then cages; tumbled twice a year 1 oyster

Ebenecook Oyster Farm

US East Coast semi-tumbled 1 oyster

Eel Lake Oyster Farm

Canada East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Effingham Oyster

Canada West Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Elkhorn Oyster Company

US West Coast longline 1 oyster

Emerald Acres Oysters

US West Coast tumbling and beach rolling 1 oyster

Eros Oyster

US East Coast floating surface cages, tumbled 1 oyster

Evening Cove Oysters Ltd.

Canada West Coast beach culture 1 oyster

First Light Shellfish Farm

US East Coast trays 1 oyster

Fishers Island Oyster Farm

US East Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Frank M Flower & Sons Inc.

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Future Seafoods

Canada East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Gay Island Oyster Farm

US East Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Ghost Fleet Oyster Co.

US East Coast floating cages 1 oyster

Glidden Point Oyster Farm

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Goose Point Oyster Company

US West Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Grand Isle Premium Oysters / Caminada Bay Premium Oysters

US Gulf Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Grassy Bar Oyster Company

US West Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Great Eastern Shellfish / Snow Hill Oysters

US East Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Great Gun Shellfish

US East Coast floating bags, hand tumbled 1 oyster

Greg Garrett Oysters

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

H.M. Terry Co.

US East Coast off-bottom cages 1 oyster

Henderson Inlet Community Shellfish Farm

US West Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Hillard Bloom Shellfish

US East Coast off-bottom cages 1 oyster

Hog Island Shellfish

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Hold Fast Oyster Co.

US East Coast floating gear at the surface, tumbled every three to six weeks 1 oyster

Hollywood Oyster Company

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Hoopers Island Oyster Company

US East Coast off-bottom cages 1 oyster

Ichabod Flat Oysters

US East Coast bags-to-beach 1 oyster

Isle Dauphine Oyster Company

US Gulf Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Jones Family Farms

US West Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Judd Cove Shellfish

US West Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

L'Étang Ruisseau Bar

Canada East Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

La Dugas Caraquette

Canada East Coast wild harvest 1 oyster

La Ferme Ostréicole Chiasson Ltée

Canada East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Lady's Island Oyster Inc.

US East Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Little Island Oyster Co.

US East Coast surface culture 1 oyster

Little Ram Oyster Company

US East Coast subtidal off-bottom cages, machine tumbled 1 oyster

Little Shemogue Oyster Company

Canada East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Little Skookum Shellfish Growers

US West Coast bag to beach 1 oyster

Little Wicomico Oyster Company

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Livingston's Bulls Bay Seafood

US East Coast wild harvest 1 oyster

Love Point Oysters

US East Coast floating cages, flipped weekly 1 oyster

Lowcountry Oyster Co.

US East Coast floating cages 1 oyster

Maine Ocean Farms

US East Coast floating bags and bottom cages 1 oyster

Maine Oysters, Inc / Flying Point Oyster Farm

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Maison BeauSoleil

Canada East Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Maison Gillardeau

France rack and bag 1 oyster

Marin Oyster Company, Inc.

US West Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Mark Begley Shellfish Farm

US East Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Matunuck Oyster Farm

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Menemsha Creek Oyster Farm

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Mere Point Oyster Company

US East Coast floating cages, tumbled 1 oyster

Montauk Shellfish Company

US East Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Moon Shoal Oyster Co.

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Moonlight Oyster Co.

US West Coast bag to beach 1 oyster

Morro Bay Oyster Company

US West Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Mother Shuckers Oyster Farm

US East Coast 1 oyster

Murder Point Oysters

US Gulf Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Muscongus Bay Aquaculture

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

N. Sea Oyster Co.

US East Coast long-line system, tumbled on a set schedule 1 oyster

National Fish & Oyster Co.

US West Coast beach culture (bags on the tideflats) 1 oyster

New Point Oyster Company

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Ninigret Oyster Farm

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Nootka Sound Shellfish Ltd

Canada West Coast intertidal beach 1 oyster

North Haven Oyster Company

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Norumbega Oyster, Inc.

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Okeover Organic Oysters

Canada West Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Onset Oyster Corporation

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Oregon Oyster Farms

US West Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Oysterville Sea Farms

US West Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Paul Hamlin Oyster Farm

US West Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Pemaquid Oyster Company

US East Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Pentlatch Tribe

US West Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Perkins Family Farms

US West Coast tide-tumbled bags, then beach hardened 1 oyster

Pipes Cove Oyster Farm

US East Coast off-bottom cages 1 oyster

Pleasant Cove Oysters

US East Coast cages; sellers differ on whether at the surface or on the bottom 1 oyster

Pleasure House Oysters

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Plymouth Rock Oysters

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Point aux Pins Oyster Farm

US Gulf Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Rocky Nook Oyster Company

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Salt Pond Selects

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Sandy Neck Oyster Company

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Scorton Creek Oysters

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Sea Fresh Farms

US East Coast beach culture 1 oyster

Shinnecock Nation

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Shooting Point Oyster Company

US East Coast off-bottom cages 1 oyster

Signature Oyster Farm

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Simpson Bay Oyster Company

US West Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Skagit Shellfish

US West Coast intertidal flip bags (tide tumbled) 1 oyster

Sol Azul

Baja California, Mexico off-bottom, on French-designed gear above the seabed 1 oyster

South Sound Mariculture

US West Coast bag to beach 1 oyster

Standish Shore Oysters

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

Steamboat Creek Oyster Farm

US East Coast bags inside cages held at the surface 1 oyster

Taunton Bay Oyster Co.

US East Coast floating bags 1 oyster

The Great Little Harbour Seafood Company

Canada East Coast 1 oyster

The Oyster Man

Canada West Coast beach culture 1 oyster

Village Bay Oysters

Canada East Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Violet Cove Oyster Co.

US East Coast floating cages 1 oyster

W.E. Kellum Seafood

US East Coast public and company-owned oyster beds; spat-on-shell planting 1 oyster

Wanchese Fish Company

US East Coast off-bottom trays 1 oyster

War Shore Oyster Company

US East Coast 1 oyster

Watch Hill Oysters

US East Coast rack and bag 1 oyster

Weskeag Oyster Company

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

West Robins Oyster Company

US East Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Westcott Bay Shellfish Company

US West Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Westport Sea Farms

US East Coast floating bags 1 oyster

Widow's Hole Oyster Farm

US East Coast suspended culture 1 oyster

Winter Point Oysters

US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

York River Oysters

US East Coast floating bags 1 oyster