New leases drive Angel oyster expansion

Eyre Peninsula oyster producer Angel Seafood has acquired additional leases in Cowell and Coffin Bay as part of a growth strategy that will immediately boost production by 20 per cent to 12 million Pacific oysters a year.

Virus shutdown delivers new blow to SA oyster industry

The closure of restaurants and hotels around Australia has come as a double blow to South Australia’s oyster industry.

A barge building the 20ha reef near Ardrossan in September 2018. Picture: Adam Bolton, Maritime Constructions.

Native oyster reef to revive South Australian waters

A second large-scale reef system will be developed in South Australia’s Gulf St Vincent to improve water quality and revive wild native oyster populations.

Long road to recovery begins for SA oyster industry

The state’s embattled oyster industry is set to increase production more than three years after a seed shortage crippled supply, according to BDO EconSearch.

Restored SA reef seeks to turn the tide for oysters

A huge reef restoration project in Gulf St Vincent aims to pull the native mud oyster back from the brink of extinction in the wild, bringing wider benefits for coastal ecosystems.

Cucumbers, oysters and gin

With oyster season beginning this month, renowned Bowral chef James Viles shares a recipe that combines the fresh shellfish with end-of-summer cucumbers, nasturtium leaves and aromatic gin.

SA oyster farmers on alert against deadly virus

South Australia’s valuable oyster industry is on alert after the detection of a deadly virus that all but wiped out New South Wales stocks.