Oyster Bay

Oyster Bay (49˚54'00" 125˚10'00" E side of Vancouver I, between Courtenay and Campbell R). The SE coast of Vancouver I is BC’s richest oyster-growing region. In fact, Baynes Sd, just S of Oyster Bay, accounts for about 40 percent of the province’s oyster production. The Pacific or Japanese oyster (Crassostrea gigas), introduced from Asia in the early 1900s, is the dominant commercial species; two other introduced species and the native Olympia oyster are also found in the PNW. In the...

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