Oyster
The largest oyster-producing body of water in the United States is Chesapeake Bay, although these beds have decreased in number due to overfishing and pollution. Willapa Bay in Washington produces more oysters than any other estuary in the US. Other large oyster farming areas in the US include the bays and estuaries along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Apalachicola, Florida in the east to Galveston, Texas in the west. Large beds of edible oysters are also found in Japan and Australia. In 2005, China accounted for 80% of the global oyster harvest. Within Europe, France remained the industry leader.
Aquaculture in South Korea
Molluscs are the second most important group of marine aquaculture products. The primary species produced, including the oysters ("Crassostrea gigas" and "Pinctada fucata"), Korean mussel ("Mytilus coruscus" ), the sea squirt red oyas ("Halocynthia roretzi"), the Japanese carpet shell ("Ruditapes philippinarum" ), ark shells ("Anadara satowi" and "A. broughtonii"), cockles ("A. granosabisenensis" and "A. subcrenata"), Yesso scallop ("Patinopecten yessoensis") and abalone ("Haliotis discus hannai"). Production of molluscs reached 391,060 tonnes in 2006, making up 31.1% of the total aquaculture production of South Korea.