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NOAA Publishes Oyster Facts

September 26, 2015 by Wayne Creed Leave a Comment


NOAA, for this summer’s Oyster Day (August 5th), put together these oyster facts. See the globally recognized research NOAA does with oysters and shellfish.

Oyster Facts

  • Oysters clean up the water as they grow.
  • Farmed oysters don’t need to be fed – they are filter feeders, filtering phytoplankton, nutrients and particulates from the water.
  • Harvesting oysters is a form of bioextraction – it removes excess nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, from the ecosystem.
  • Oyster beds and reefs stabilize coastal sediments and can minimize negative impacts of storm surges.
  • Oysters are bivalve mollusks of the shellfish family.
  • Each female oyster can produce over 100 million eggs during a spawning event.

Oysters in the U.S.

  • Oysters have been farmed in the United States since the 1800s.
  • Oyster production makes up the largest portion of marine aquaculture in the United States.
  • 35 million pounds of oysters, valued at $136 million, were produced in the United States in 2012.
  • Historical oyster populations have been decimated in the United States. A number of restoration efforts are under way to once again build up populations.

 

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