Oyster Blog
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The Pacific red rock crab (Cancer productus) lives in the shadow of the more popular Dungeness crab (C. magister). Really, who's ever heard of a rock crab??? Here, they confront one another. Which one is the rock? The one with...
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Native littleneck clam on the left, Manila steamer on the right. Manilas were introduced to Puget Sound along with the Pacific Oyster in the 1950s and, like the oyster, have since naturalized. They're now the main clam species grown and...
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Fall intern Luke Reynolds has moved on to bigger and better places (namely, the fall tour with his band Pictures and Sound), and our first Luke-less Monday in several weeks felt kinda flat. During his three week tenure at Hama...
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A Lebanese woman found 26 pearls in a single oyster and a) made international headlines and b) is thinking of submitting her discovery to the Guinness Book of World Records. Who knew oysters could make you famous? Not us, otherwise...
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...with this guy: (Not sure whether that blurry appendage on the left belongs to Adam, or if Miguel is standing right behind him....) Views from the Captain's House: The barge goes out at high tide and picks up full tubs...
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Because the muddy clam net featured in the last post's video didn't quite cut it for people wanting proof that this is indeed the nicest time of year on the Canal, we took a few scenic shots this morning to...
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Chesapeake Bay: The oyster native to the East Coast, Crassostrea virginica, hasn't been doing well in the Chesapeake for a while. Reasons for the virginica's decline include overharvesting, pollution, and disease. The loss of the native oyster reefs has hurt...
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This oyster was so impressive Teresa had to save it for show-and-tell. What makes this oyster particularly amazing is that it was shucked in August, when our oysters are normally at their smallest. Not impressed? Need a sense of scale?...
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Dead shore crab get washed up by the high tide by the tens and twenties, where they prove irresistable for underage beach combers.
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What made Conde Nast Traveler's list of ways to behave gluttonously in Vegas? That's right. A Hama Hama oyster shooter. As the magazine puts it: Save the Hama-Hama shooter, a cocktail-like concoction of citrus ponzu, sake, scallions, daikon, and raw...
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The oyster is taking over the world! Read below to learn more about the brash bivalve's cultural conquests (and our attempts to explain them). 1. Oyster Magazine (Australia). Oysters have a reputation for being sexy and they definitely have cutting-edge...
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This morning KUOW, a Seattle public radio station, ran a special on a wild reef of Olympia Oysters that scientists have discovered off the coast of Vancouver Island. Scientists from all over the world are studying the reef to try...