Comments on: Vote for me, eat some oysters, and help native oysters http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/10/21/vote-for-me-eat-some-oysters-and-help-native-oysters/ Science served wet and salty Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dogs Eating Chocolate http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/10/21/vote-for-me-eat-some-oysters-and-help-native-oysters/#comment-12900 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:30:14 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=850#comment-12900 Dogs Eating Chocolate…

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]]> By: alexa http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/10/21/vote-for-me-eat-some-oysters-and-help-native-oysters/#comment-2434 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:22:18 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=850#comment-2434 it maks me cry when the poor people do not have anyto eat

]]> By: alexa http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/10/21/vote-for-me-eat-some-oysters-and-help-native-oysters/#comment-2433 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:20:41 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=850#comment-2433 thank u for stoping by and comeing

]]> By: Sunday Links & oyster contest update « The Oyster’s Garter http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/10/21/vote-for-me-eat-some-oysters-and-help-native-oysters/#comment-2383 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:13:29 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=850#comment-2383 [...] & oyster contest update Posted by Miriam Goldstein under Sunday Links   Alas, I did not win the Marx Foods oyster contest. I was beat by an oyster-loving kid – apparently satirical radio [...]

]]> By: Miriam Goldstein http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/10/21/vote-for-me-eat-some-oysters-and-help-native-oysters/#comment-2347 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:11:15 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=850#comment-2347 One of my favorite field trips as a tiny Miriam was to the Ocean Spray factory in Massachusetts. I _love_ cranberries. I’ll post the crisp recipe soon!

]]> By: Brady Blake http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/10/21/vote-for-me-eat-some-oysters-and-help-native-oysters/#comment-2344 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:09:02 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=850#comment-2344 A lack of suitable intertidal habitat is the primary factor restricting increases in Olympia oysters. Much of that historical habitat has been lost due to siltation from runoff and phytoplankton productivity. There has been some excellent results from the initial efforts to create habitat through placement of oyster shell in the low intertidal. I have also found that Olympia oysters will rapidly colonize any plantings of Pacific oysters placed in suitable habitats. Eventually those Pacific oysters will be harvested with the remnant shell continuing to provide a home for native oysters or will die of old age without reproducing and provide the same benefit.

I grew up in our cranberry producing region on the coast and am really looking forward to preparing that Cranberry-Apple Crisp!

]]> By: Miriam Goldstein http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/10/21/vote-for-me-eat-some-oysters-and-help-native-oysters/#comment-2343 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:38:24 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=850#comment-2343 Hi Brady,

Thanks for posting! I only have a very general knowledge of Puget Sound and so it’s great to have a real live expert check in. In your opinion, what is it that keeps Olympia oysters from recovering?

]]> By: Brady Blake http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/10/21/vote-for-me-eat-some-oysters-and-help-native-oysters/#comment-2335 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:57:44 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=850#comment-2335 Actually there is no credible science that supports a claim that oyster drills have kept Olympia oysters from recovering. One of the largest occurrences of Olympia’s in Puget Sound and is also heavily infested with Japanese drills. That population is estimated at around 20 million oysters. In my 19 years as a shellfish biologist working with oysters in Puget Sound I have never seen an Atlantic drill. The mystery oyster that invaded San Francisco Bay is a Pacific that has been present as a species in those waters for decades. Just clearing up some myth-conceptions.

]]> By: J.P. http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/10/21/vote-for-me-eat-some-oysters-and-help-native-oysters/#comment-2334 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:16:31 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=850#comment-2334 It makes me sad to see all of you people want to eat those poor souls, where is the idealistic thought of FREE W ….. oysters?!

]]> By: Miriam Goldstein http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/10/21/vote-for-me-eat-some-oysters-and-help-native-oysters/#comment-2327 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:20:27 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.wordpress.com/?p=850#comment-2327 Thanks so much, Justin! My chances of winning seem to be pretty slim – the 8 year old is kicking my patootie – but I’d be happy to do some guest posts on sustainable seafood.

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