The Oyster Farm Oyster clusters are raised on wires, known as
"strings", submerged into Drakes Estero. Drake’s Bay Oyster
Company's growing area has the finest water quality of any
growing area in the state of California, period. These waters
contain the only approved growing waters in the state of
California. This approved growing area is the only one in the
state that is never closed due to potential pathogen spikes
following rainfall events. Decades of water sampling have proven
this is one of the safest shellfish growing waters on the North
American Continent. A deep-water upwelling just off the coast of
Drakes Bay provides cool, nutrient- rich water year-round to
Drake’s Estero. This clean, nutrient-rich water produces what
are recognized as some of the finest oysters in the world. In
California, Drake’s Bay Oyster Company is the only commercial
oyster producer that performs its own remote seed setting.
Remote setting allows the company to produce its own oyster seed
(baby oysters) on site. Farm worker m