Virginia Grown Oysters, come visit and enjoy locally grown. The Deltaville Oyster Company is the culminatioin of experience and knowledge gained through hobby-level oyster growning. Since 2000 Donnie Aberthany has perfected the delicate and slow-process off the pier of his Deltaville cottage (with plenty of help from Marty). With encouragement from friends the business was born and has grown. Check them out at www.deltavilleoystercompany.com.
Crassostrea virginica (the Virginia native oyster) can filter up to 55 gallons of water in a single day! These amazing bivalves filtered the entire Chesapeake bay twice daily back when John Smith first landed. (Thats 15 billion gallons!)
Oysters can be found in the bay from depths of 8 to 35 feet. They live in colonies called beds, bars, or reefs. The oysters attach to one another and form dense reefs, providing a habitat for numerous other life-forms.
Oysters are filter-feeders. That mean they open their shells and pump water thrugh their gills to catch plankton, algae, and other particles. These other particles include the extra phosporus, nitrogen and potassium from agricultural fertilizers which have drained into the bay. This is the main reason why Oysters are so ecologically sustainable.
The Virginia Oyster is also known as the American Oyster and the Eastern Oyster.
Watch our blog for future recipes using the nutritious oyster.
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