Mossback's Northwest
Northwest Oystermania
3/24/2020 | 5m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
The Olympia, the Pacific Coast's only indigenous oyster, was once a major industry.
The Olympia oyster is the Pacific Coast's only indigenous oyster. Tiny compared to other oysters, the Olympia was for decades raked out of Washington's beds by the ton, to feeding hungry gold diggers in California and Northwestern lumbermen. Invasive Japanese oysters took over its habitat, but the might Olympia might be making a comeback, thanks to interested shellfish farmers.
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Mossback's Northwest is a local public television program presented by Cascade PBS
Mossback's Northwest
Northwest Oystermania
3/24/2020 | 5m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
The Olympia oyster is the Pacific Coast's only indigenous oyster. Tiny compared to other oysters, the Olympia was for decades raked out of Washington's beds by the ton, to feeding hungry gold diggers in California and Northwestern lumbermen. Invasive Japanese oysters took over its habitat, but the might Olympia might be making a comeback, thanks to interested shellfish farmers.
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