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Tickets on sale now

OSAA — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 17:44:21 +0000

For the Newport Oyster Festival Opening Night Party

Friday May 18th come find your pearl on the waterfront. 6:00-8:30pm

Newport Oyster Festival Opening Night Party sponsored by Moët to benefit the Ocean State Aquaculture Association, Nature Conservancy of RI & Oliver Hazard Perry. A night of Oysters & Champagne on the Waterfront.

Tickets are $125 and limited to 200 people. All-you-can-eat, freshly shucked oysters and locally catered hors d’oeuvres. Open Bar.

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Reef Restoration on Ninigret Pond

OSAA — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:22:18 +0000

The members of OSSC have participated in reef restoration projects funded by the USDA. Most of the growers are planting oysters in areas that are in the same body of water as their farms, at growing sanctuaries designated by the Department of Environmental Management. Oyster larvae attach themselves to empty shells in a lab. The OSSC farmers take these oysters attached to shells back to their farms and raise them until they grow to about an inch in size. At this point, the oysters and shells are ready for planting. Every year, Rob Krause, Jim Arnoux and Nick Papa plant these oysters in piles measuring 10 feet square within established reef sites.

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March Madness RI Oyster Bracket

OSAA — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 17:16:28 +0000

Oyster Madness has also been taking place in the Ocean State. Throughout the month of March, Bristol Oyster Bar has been pitting Rhode Island’s best oyster farms against each other in a briny (but friendly) competition to determine the best bivalve. You can help determine the winner for the Championshuck on Tues. and Wed., April 3 and 4, starting at 6 p.m. at the restaurant….

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Ways to promote sustainable aquaculture

OSAA — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 17:49:17 +0000

Organizations can support OSAA and The Rhode Island Oyster Trail. Attend an event or festival as an individual or organization. Donate to OSAA or become a member farm or restaurant.

Want to learn more?

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Oyster Facts

OSAA — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:55:42 +0000

Did you know?

An old aphorism is that oysters are plumper and meatier in months with an “r” in the name, when some people call them “arsters.” We’ve found though there are differences in the nature of the oyster harvest during different months, and amazingly delicious flavor in the summer months too (which is fabulous because that’s a beautiful time of year in RI). Fortunately for connoisseur , RI oyster farms are able to produce dozens of varieties year-round.

Did you know?

Oysters have the ability to change their sex in order to keep a good balance of females and males.

Did you know?

Eating four oysters a day gives you a complete daily supply of copper, iron, iodine, magnesium, zinc and phosphorus. Legend holds that the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, emerged from the sea in an oyster shell — one reason oysters are considered an aphrodisiac.

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Local Oyster Guide from RI Monthly

OSAA — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 19:07:21 +0000

Oyster farmer Kyle Hess motors out from Bristol Harbor toward a cove on Hog Island where a sandbar almost completely encloses the body of water. The boat approaches a grouping of 250 pontoon-like cages floating on the surface of a five-acre area of the bay, tied together in a grid….

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