With Restaurants Closed, Oyster Biz on Pause

Aquaculture is permitted to continue under the state shelter order, but local farmers are wondering what will happen to the millions of oysters growing in Tomales Bay, considering that restaurants—the main shellfish market—are either closed or sticking to foods that are easier for take-out.

Oyster Harvest is in Full Effect at Tomales Bay’s Hog Island Oyster Company

February 6, 2020 John Bartell, ABC10

John Finger knows a thing or two about the oyster business. He and his partner Terry Sawyer founded Hog Island Oyster Company. They planted their first oyster seeds in Tomales Bay in 1983.