Oyster Stories

Below is my collection of sea farmer stories from around the world. Learn about each farm’s origins, their challenges, and greatest successes on the water.

What’s In a Name? The Story of Community Shellfish Company and the Cora Cressy Oyster

Named after a five-masted schooner that served as a speakeasy during the Prohibition era, the Cora Cressy Oyster, farmed by oyster farmers Boe Marsh and Zak Alexander of Commuinty Shellfish, is grown in the waters of a grandfathered lobster pound in Bremen Maine on the Medomak River.

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