Cape Cod Aquaculture: Cape Cod Shellfish Farms

Upper Cape

Ward Aquafarms

Geo Code: 41.653643, -70.630005

Address: Megansett Harbor, North Falmouth, MA 02556

Contact: hello@wardaquafarms.com

Website: www.wardaquafarms.com

Description: Ward Aquafarms produces oysters, sugar kelp, and bay scallops in North Falmouth, East Falmouth, and Orleans. In addition to the market sized shellfish, Ward Aquafarms also sells oyster and bay scallop seed. They also collaborate with scientific groups, and helps the towns of Bourne, Orleans, and Falmouth with their shellfish propagation programs.

Mid Cape

East Dennis Oyster Farm

Geo Code: 41.762355, -70.130076

Address: 484 Center Street, Dennis, MA 02639

Contact: 508-398-3123 | info@dennisoysters.com

Website: www.dennisoysters.com

Description: John and Stephanie Lowell have grown the highly sought-after East Dennis Oysters in the tidal flats off of Quivett Neck since 2003. They grow the oysters off bottom and generally have as many as 200,000 oysters in production during any given season. They sell the oysters directly to consumers, restaurants, and wholesale to fish markets across the country.

Barnstable Seafarms

Geo Code: 40.711493, -70.279078

Address: 98 Governors Way, Barnstable, MA 02630

Contact: 508-280-4125 | les@barnstableseafarms.net

Website: www.barnstableseafarms.net

Description: Growing oysters at two sites in Barnstable Harbor and in Osterville, Barnstable Seafarms supplies Sandy Neck and Garrison Point oysters to local restaurants and wholesalers. They have been operating since 1991 and offer raw bars for events as well as oyster tours through the Audubon Society.

Blish Point Oyster Farm, Barnstable Harbor

Geo Code: 41.721874, -70.342203

Description: According to shellfish distributor Pangea Shellfish Co, David Cranshaw of Blish Point Oyster Farm produces cocktail oysters with deep cups and clean shells in Barnstable Harbor. The oysters are naturally tumbled naturally by the ten-foot tides.

Scorton Creek Oysters

Geo Code: 41.721199, -70.343353

Address: 90 Alderbrook Ln, West Barnstable, MA 02668

Contact: 508-362-8145

Website: Scorton Creek Oysters – Home | Facebook

Description: Scorton Creek Oysters are grown in cages on the edge of the Great Marsh in Barnstable Harbor. The Mullin family has been running the business producing quality oysters since 1996.

Davenport Oyster Company

Geo Code: 41.761168, -70.129486

Address: 202 Depot St. Dennis, MA 02639

Contact: 617-910-7756 | davenportoysters@gmail.com

Website: www.davenportoysters.com

Description: Jamie Davenport grows plump oysters in the tidal waters on Mayflower Point in Dennis. The oysters are started in mesh bags and then grown out on Aquatrays. The oysters have a medium brine with a clean finish.

Lower Cape

Barley Neck Sea Farms

Geo Code: 41.763001, -69.945069

Address: Orleans, MA 02653

Description: The oldest farm in Pleasant Bay, Peter Orcutt’s Barley Neck Sea Farm grows plump, deep cup oysters with a simple, clean brine. The oysters are grown in submerged cages.

Paines Creek Oyster Co.

Geo Code: 41.76555, -70.10748

Address: Brewster Flats, MA

Contact: info@painescreekoysters.com

Website: www.painescreekoysters.com

Description: Family owned and operated by the Werzanski family since 2007, Paines Creek Oyster Co. grows small-cup cocktail oysters just off Brewster where Paines Creek meets Cape Cod Bay. The oysters are sold in restaurants across New England and at the family’s restaurant, Joey’s Pizzeria in Dennisport.

Chatham Shellfish Co

Geo Code: 41.68452, -69.97685

Address: 393 Barn Hill Rd, Chatham, MA

Contact:(508) 241-7503 | info@chatamshellfish.com

Website: www.chathamshellfish.com

Description: Growing oysters since 1976 on the ‘elbow’ of Cape Cod in Chatham, the Chatham Shellfish Company produces oysters year-round in Oyster Pond. Available in a variety of grades, Pangea Shellfish Co’s “Oysterology” notes that these beauties feature a strong mineral brine and lingering slate finish that pairs well with a double IPA.

Outer Cape

Holbrook Oyster, Wellfleet

Geo Code: 41.928699, -70.033792

Address: 4380 State Highway, Eastham, MA 02642

Contact: 508-801-3699 | wayne@holbrookoyster.com

Website: www.holbrookoyster.com

Description: Holbrook Oyster is a two-acre family run farm in Wellfleet Harbor located near the mouth of the Herring River. The oysters get their firm texture, sweet flavor, and clean finish from the clean sandy bottom, cold water, big tides, and rich nutrients of Wellfleet Harbor.

Islands

Cottage City Oysters

Geo Code: 41.46074, -70.58678

Address: Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard

Contact: 508-299-7745 | info@cottagecityoysters.com

Website: www.cottagecityoysters.com

Description: Brothers Dan and Greg Martino are on a mission to, “Grow the best damn oyster that we can in the most environmentally positive way possible.” Their open ocean farm offers tours, educational speaker events, collaborates on research with the University of Southern Connecticut and WHOI, and on-the-water raw bars. In addition to their oysters, they are now growing a winter kelp crop!

Signature Oyster Farm, Katama Bay

Geo Code: 41.359085, -70.487535

Address: Forever Wild Way- Katama Bay, Edgartown, MA 02539

Contact: 774-563-0950 | ryan@signatureoysterfarm.com

Website: Signature Oyster Farm

Description: In the heart of Katama Bay on Martha’s Vineyard, Ryan Smith grows and sells top quality oysters directly to customers, local restaurants, and to wholesalers in Boston and beyond. Signature Oyster Farm also offers BYOB tours of the farm in which visitors learn about the aquaculture operation, sample oysters, and enjoy a spin around Edgartown Harbor.

Cuttyhunk Shellfish Farms

Geo Code: 41.414012, -70.946325

Address: Grow Oysters in West End Pond, and the Harbor of Penikese Island,

Offseason address: 1076 Horseneck Rd, Westport, MA 02790

Contact: 508-990-1317

Website: www.cuttyhunkshellfish.com

Description: Seth and Dorothy Garfield of Cuttyhunk Shellfish Farms have been growing and serving up oysters in Buzzards Bay since 1981. They raise Belon Oysters as well as the Cuttyhunk Oyster in Japanese lantern nets. Hail them on the VHF (Ch. 72) to place your order for the Harbor Raw Bar!

Great Harbor Oysters

Geo Code: 41.285035, -70.083432

Address: PO Box 3621, Nantucket, MA 02584

Contact: 774-236-1045 | nantucketoysters@gmail.com

Website: www.nantucketoysters.com

Description: The Connors family believes “It takes a great harbor to grow a great oyster.” They produce decadent oysters grown in floating cages in Nantucket’s Great Harbor.

Pocomo Meadow Oysters, Nantucket

Geo Code: 41.307187, -70.025395

Contact: 508-333-2089 | hangtenrawbar@gmail.com

Website: Hang Ten Raw Bar

Description: Located on the south side of Pocomo Point near the mouth of Polpis Harbor in Nantucket, Pocomo Meadow Oysters produces sweet briny oysters on the seafloor which can be found at their farm to table raw bar, Hang Ten Raw Bar.

Fifth Bend Oyster Farm, Head of the Harbor

Geo Code: 41.307154, -70.025284

Contact: 508-901-3878 | locoedwards@yahoo.com

Description: Learn more about oysters and their impact on the ecosystem at Simon Edward’s Fifth Bend Oyster Farm at the Head of the Harbor in Nantucket by joining one of the tours offered through a collaboration of Shearwater Excursions and the Nantucket Land Council.