Oyster Blog

...is headed back to Mongolia for a  full year! Tom will be conducting forestry research on a Fulbright grant, navigating his way past treacherous bogs in the permafrost, and cultivating his taste for fermented mare's milk. Here are some pictures...

...with a ceiling, rafters, and stairs!

A monster south wind picked up last Tuesday afternoon, and we thought we were in trouble. It rained and rained and melted (almost) all the snow and reminded us all of the terrible storm of December, 2007.  But fortunately this...

Many moons ago, when this oyster was a wee little speck of zooplankton, it found a nice comfy home inside this moon snail shell.

Oysters go through a larval stage, swimming around in the water for about 2 weeks, and then they settle down, develop shells, and remain stationary for the rest of their lives. Oyster larvae can set on just about anything: wood,...

An elk herd makes its living in the Hama Hama valley, and when the elk graze in the salt meadows near the highway they cause quite a traffic ruckus. But they've never before been seen around the seafood complex. Eagle-eyed...

From a Dudes on Food review of Seattle-based Elliot's Oyster House: My favorites were the Kushi (tiny and sweet), hama hama (medium sized and great flavor), totten virginica (ridiculously large, but huge flavor kicks in after a couple of seconds),...

Mystery fish identified! We sent the photos to Teri King, with the Washington Sea Grant Program, and she said that it looks like a mangled sailfin sculpin.  Apparently he didn't really like his ride on the oyster barge. We put...

Giant white piles adjacent to the shucking plant aren't anything new... although normally they're made of oyster shell, not snow. The winter storm of 2008 is turning out to be the most persisent in living memory, which is why we've...

Adam and Nathan out on the barge this morning, as the sun peeked through the clouds during a snow flurry. The Hama Hama bridge at dawn.