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Growers outsource oysters due to ocean acidity

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By SeafoodSource staff
26 June, 2012 - We have been spending much time and energy talking about Seattle stuff lost to other places, such as basketball to Oklahoma City and maybe our waterfront trolleys to St. Louis.

But now comes defection news that’s far more alarming. Yet you can bet it won’t touch off anywhere near the same level of outcry or concern.

Our oysters are moving to Hawaii.

Last week, Seattle Times environmental writer Craig Welch reported that life has gotten so bad for some oysters in Northwest waters that part of our shellfish industry has taken a radical, desperate step.

It has decamped to the Aloha State. Goose Point Oysters, grower of shellfish in Willapa Bay for 34 years, opened its new hatchery nearly 3,000 miles away.

The business didn’t go there in search of lower taxes or less red tape. It left for one reason — its home waters have gotten too acidic for oysters to reproduce.

Click here to read the full story from The Seattle Times >

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