Blazing a New Trail
by Pamela Patch
Title
Blazing a New Trail
Artist
Pamela Patch
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital
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The mainstay of Washington State's oyster industry is the Pacific oyster , first introduced from Japan in 1902. A native species known as the Olympia oyster formerly flourished on Willapa Bay, Oakland Bay, and southern Puget Sound, but today is harvested in commercial quantities only in bays of southern Puget Sound. Other transplants have also been tried, including Kumamoto oysters from Japan, and the European flat oyster from Holland. These are suitable as cocktail and specialty oysters, fitting into the size group between the tiny Olympia and the large Pacifics. Thus far only the Kumamoto has become commercially important, but production has been restricted for economic reasons.
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February 20th, 2013
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Pamela Patch
Thank you Nadine and Bob for featuring my art in your group Natural Scenic Landscape Photography.
Tessa Fairey
Beautifiul image Pamela! There sure is alot of Oysters!! v/f
Pamela Patch replied:
Thanks for saying so Tessa. Those are net bags of just the oyster shells, I am guessing they are used as a natural soil erosion cure.?
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