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""Chances are, if you've had an oyster, it was a farmed oyster. That's because the majority of commercially available oysters are grown by oyster farmers in coastal waters using systems such as floating bags, cages, or suspended trays.
Markos Scheer is the chief executive officer of Seagrove Oysters, an oyster farm in Alaska that uses a surface-cage system, growing oysters in bags at the top 12 inches of the water column. "Our oysters are grown entirely off-bottom in the water column, where they benefit from strong tidal exchange, excellent water quality, and abundant phytoplankton," he explains."" Click to continue reading...
