Oyster Facts From The Oyster Recovery Partnership

Oyster Facts From The Oyster Recovery Partnership

• Oysters are meatier in months that have “r” in their names. So you may hear people call them “arsters.”
• Oysters have the ability to change their sex.
• Eating four oysters a day gives you a complete daily supply of copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus and zinc.
• Oysters are rich in vitamins A, C, D and B-12. B-12 is well-known to help people lose weight and sharpen their memory.
• When oyster larvae (baby oysters) attach themselves to a hard material, they are called “spat.”
• Wild and hatchery-raised oyster larvae prefer to attach to other oyster shells as they grow.
• Legend holds that the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite, emerged from the sea in an oyster shell.
• Oysters help waterways by eating algae, filtering out particulates and excess nutrients and creating habitat for other organisms to thrive.
• The same type of oyster tastes different depending on where it was raised. Eastern or American Oyster can be found from Canada to Argentina.
• Pearls used in jewelry are produced in clams and mussels, not oysters as commonly believed.