Onset Oyster Corporation

Est. 2004 US East Coast bottom culture 1 oyster

About Onset Oyster Corporation

Founded in 2004 by Bob Tourigny, previously a wild commercial quahogger, and Dennis Pittsley, who had been farming shellfish for decades. They were the first non-Island Creek oysters ever sold by Island Creek Oysters.

Farm details

Cultivation Method
bottom culture
Growing Waters
Fisherman's Cove, Onset, Massachusetts

Oysters from Onset Oyster Corporation

Onset oyster illustration

Onset

US East Coast

Bold Cape Cod oyster from Onset, Massachusetts. Intensely briny with strong vegetal seaweed notes and firm, meaty texture. Grown at Fisherman's Cove with access to massive water flow and nutrients.

BrinyVegetal
B
S
M
C
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