Oyster Varieties

I’ve have been Shucking a variety of Oysters each one has a different shucking Technique according to the Shell, some have hooks like the Shigoku and some are very brittle like the Fanny Bay, it’s really important the pressure applied to preserve the Beauty of the oyster.

AKERSEY – excellent link w/ great info about Gulf Oysters…thanks!

Here is a link to a description of Gulf oysters, and why they are no long named for individual bays. https://www.oysterguide.com/maps/gulf-coast/

Why no mention of Gulf oysters??

Nice article about oysters! I have eaten and collected the shells of over 550 different oysters from 13 different countries. 18 states and 4 Canadian provinces. This includes C. Virginica. C. gigas, C. sikamea, O. edulis, O. conchaphila and C. ariakensis (from Malaysia). If you would like me to share the list with you, let me know. I also have 14 24×30 display cases filled with over 300 shells.

Here in Southern California we often get Blue Point Oysters (y wife’s favorite so far) but these are not listed here and I was wondering if you had any information on them.

Thank you as this seems to be a wonderful site packed with awesome information.

Hello Mike – the listing for Blue Points is in a different section which unfortunately can be harder to find.  Here is the link, and to the left of that page you’ll see the East Coast oysters list
https://www.chefs-resources.com/Blue-Point-Oyster

looking for the characteristics of a Baja oyster(san quitin) or jailhouse

Thank-you Jennifer! Part of the goal of the site is to provide waitstaff w/ the info about oysters and fish which they need in order to be well informed and to make the pitch to their guests. You have a nice site as well. I like the idea of the server quizzes which you created.

I am absolutely impressed with the effort you put into this list!  Bravo to you and your website.  Thanks for your time and education in helping to educate us.

Jennifer, iamWaitress.com

I noticed that you left out two Oregon bays that produce quality oyster from your list. Umpqua Aquaculture produces their famous “Triangle Oysters” at Winchester Bay and Clausen Oysters farms their “Silver Point” at the North Bend of Coos Bay. Qualman’s Oyster Farm is also located in Coos Bay. If you have questions or need further information, please contact me via my email address. Thank you, Lyndon Cox

Steve, I do intend to add the gulf state oysters!  If you have a list of some of your favorites post them here.

I like the site sand was looking at the oyster regions.  Seems you have the entire US covered except the Gulf Coast!  We eat oyster here year round and I was extremely suprised to see this area of the country was left out.

David, thank-you for the information!  Snow Hills Oysters have been added.