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Atlantic
The ones that occur naturally
from Canada all the way down the
East coast and across the Gulf.
Think Bluepoints, Wellfleets,
Malpeques, Beausolais. Native
to North America.
Kumamoto
This oyster used to be lumped in
with Pacifics, but it was discovered
that they are their own species.
Introduced from Japan in 1947.
Olympia
The only oyster species native to
the Pacific Northwest. Almost wiped out
during the Gold Rush in San Francisco.
Belons
Named after the river in France
that was famous for them and also
called European flats.
Pacific
Most farm–raised oysters in the
Pacific Northwest are Pacific oysters.
They’re Native to Pacific coast of Asia
and were introduced to the US from Asia
in the early 1900s.
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