Mookie Blues from Damariscotta, ME YGroup_Sconticut Skip has always grown the

Skip has always grown the Island Creek seed (baby oysters) in off-bottom gear before bottom planting them at about 6 months old

How they taste: These oysters are incredibly vegetal

Farmer Kimberly Ward [farm owner] and Michael Ward [farm manager]

Galicia is studded with bays and inlets which are fed “rías” (aka estuaries)

Mookie Blues from Damariscotta, ME YGroup_Sconticut Skip has always grown theAvailable for a limited time only. Farmer: Bill Mook Location: Damariscotta River, ME Size: 2. 5" 3 How theyre grown: Mooks oysters begin in their very own hatchery where the seed is grown in upwellers of various sizes. Once large enough, theyre moved to OysterGro cages, which are equipped with floats to hold the cages just below the waters surface. The floating cages are regularly flipped to encourage shell growth and shape and to control fouling