Native oysters, hand-harvested from our small sea farm in Deer Isle, Maine
Our oysters grow in the productive and cold waters of Long Cove, Deer Isle, Maine.
Located in Penobscot Bay, the cove has a longstanding history of seafood harvesting, and today supports a community of lobstermen and clam diggers.
The farm floats above a soft seafloor, catching nutrient-rich tides while remaining sheltered by the surrounding islands.
The Oysters
Humans have harvested the East coast native oyster, Crassostrea virginica, since prehistoric times.
High in zinc, calcium, iron and protein, they're also low in fat, and improve ocean health by filtering up to 50 gallons of water a day.
They are delicious raw, grilled, baked or in chowder.
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Oysters feed through highly-selective filtering of the water, eating phyto & zooplankton. They use the protein from the food and ocean minerals to build out their shell, layer by layer.
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Oysters are usually ready for market size anywhere from 8 months to 2 years.
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Deer Isle Oyster Co is working to immediately and directly reduce the environmental impact of oyster aquaculture- through reducing greenhouse gases by not using plastic, stopping plastic pollution in the ocean through microplastic shedding, and accidental gear loss.
