Italy brought some of its shellfish specialties to Seafood Expo Global 2025, held 6 through 8 May in Barcelona Spain, as part of the nation's expansive pavilion at the event.
Western Mediterranean island Sardinia was represented by the Il Faro Moromar Cooperative out of the Gulf of Olbia on the east coast of the island, where a number of growers work together to produce high salinity oysters. According to Manuela Moro, whose family has fished shellfish in the area for a century, the Gulf of Olbia has long been known for its prized mussels, and that mussel growers there started producing oysters about a decade ago.
Sardinian oysters are quite different than other Italian oysters, acording to Moro.
“Mostly, the oysters in Italy are made in lagoons; not many are made in the sea like we do. So they taste completely different," she said, noting that their oysters have an “explosion of sweetness and citrus.”
Though still relatively small, the Sardinian aquaculture sector is growing fast...
