An Oyster Farm Tour at Hog Island

Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island's salt ponds are home to dozens of oyster farms, averaging fewer than 5 acres each. From the shore, you may see only buoys demarcating the location of the oyster cages on the seafloor, or you may see floating cages bobbing in the waves. If you've ever wondered how these operations work, how long it takes an oyster to grow from seed to maturity to end up in a local raw bar, or what the difference is behind the many different oyster names you see on a menu, this virtual tour of the Butter & Brine Oyster Farm off Hog Island in Narragansett Bay is for you.
In this video, Kyle Hess, owner of Butter & Brine Oysters, describes the process of growing oysters, some of the reasons growers use floating gear, the role oysters play in their environment, and the satisfaction he gets from growing a food that customers love.
Produced by Nicholas Curci, Monica Allard Cox, Emily Gordon, and Abbey Greene

[@Lavopearl]

جميل جدا

[@amandab116]

We love oyster farms where I work, I say approve them all ;)

[@scott5267]

Sure if you take over a cove that been for shellfishing for 60 year or more that I no of. He belongs outside the cove but he has to take the whhole.cove and its small and there one way in and out . Does law state you need two area of water openings .to farm

[@wasupfool5692]

Sold my farm of 1,000 oystergro cages a few years ago. I miss being atpround the water every day

[@scottgoodrich5825]

Keep on keeping on. People can be indeed short-sighted.

[@amairferreira5917]

Legal

[@scott5267]

It's located were it sh not be you to the state dem in the winter because No one would be on island to protest .I no this you told a friend .your a snake

[@scott5267]

You had no respect for the people and shellfishing that always went in that cove .you belong outside the cove.and no that .the state nows that to or do they .