Oyster clusters and seed oysters for your restoration needs!

We are currently the only company in North Carolina that has a shellfish lease restoration permit from NC Division of Marine Fisheries to perform relays of oysters for restoration.

Seed Oysters

Sandbar Oyster Company offers seed oysters raised from larvae of wild oyster populations settling on Oyster Catcher™ materials deployed to intertidal environments.  Settled spat are allowed to grow to a desired size, at which point, they are shed from the Oyster Catcher™ at sizes up to ~1.5 inches that reduce growers’ gear needs, growing time to market, and risk of mortality.

Importantly, there is a traceability benefit associated with oysters shed from Oyster Catcher™ substrates - a small chip of the cement binder embedded in their bottom valve near the hinge.  This chip remains embedded and semi-exposed in the shell for months to years.  When the cement binder is dyed, the cement chip is conspicuous, and other identifying agents, such as colored sands, can be added to the cement to uniquely brand multiple different batches of oysters.

Oyster Clusters

Sandbar Oyster Company offers oysters oyster clusters of wild oyster populations deployed to intertidal environments.  These oysters can be used to restore or replenish oysters at restoration sites and we can relay multigenerational clusters that are a spawning ready brood stock.