Shipping and Handling

Once oysters hit the cooler at ICO World HQ, it’s a frantic but calculated effort to get our oysters around the world as quickly as possible. Most of the time, Island Creek’s aren’t in our cooler...

Skip with about 1 million new oysters, holding them over an upweller.
New Seed Arrives

When the oysters arrive from our hatcheries and dip their toes in Duxbury’s clean, clear water, the stress really begins for our growers. Keeping track of millions of oysters the size of a grain...

Greg works a dredge filled with oysters into his boat.
Dragging

Whether a sunny summer morning in July, or a snowy cold afternoon in January. Island Creek growers can be seen in their boats across Duxbury Bay. To the naked eye, it looks like they are going in...

On the OysterPlex sorting, sorting, sorting.
Culling

What makes an Island Creek Oyster an Island Creek Oyster? Well, many things, but handling each oyster approximately 15 times over the course of its life is a big part of it. In this process, we...