Oregon Experience: The Oystermen

Resources

Books

by Mark Kurlansky, The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

Random House Digital, Inc., 2007

by Lori McKean and Bill Whitbeck, The Joy of Oysters

Speed Grapahics, 2000

by M.F.K. Fisher, Consider the Oyster

North Point Press, 1988

by Lilli Clausen, The Affordable Oyster - 75 Recipes

Myrtle Point Printing, 1994

Web sites

HistoryLink.org: The Shoalwater Bay Story

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7850

HistoryLink.org: Thumbnail history of Pacific County, WA

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7914

University of California: Fish Bulletin 123: The California Oyster Industry - 1963

http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1870g57m#page-1

American Heritage Magazine: Consider the Oyster

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1980/2/1980_2_65.shtml

Google Books: Popular Science magazine, December 1899 "Eastern Oyster Culture in Oregon"

http://books.google.com/books?id=siUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA233&dq=oyster++oregon+history&hl=en&ei=K7ePTIC_JI34swO2xLyyDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America

http://www.oysterguide.com/

Nature Conservancy: Restoring Oysters to Netarts Bay

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/oregon/howwework/restoring-oysters-to-the-bay.xml

Smithsonian.com: Review of the documentary: "Who Killed Crassostrea Virginica? The Fall and Rise of the Chesapeake Oyster"

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/03/environmental-film-festival-review-who-killed-crassostrea-virginica/

Wall Street Journal: Northwest Oyster Farms Unable to Fill Demand

http://online.wsj.com/video/northwest-oyster-farms-unable-to-fill-demand/5D32A4B9-FC75-4E78-A290-565C66651817.html

U.S. News and World Report: Oysters in Deep Trouble

http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2009/06/15/oysters-in-deep-trouble

KUOW.org: Oyster Larvae Dying Off at Alarming Rates

http://kuow.org/program.php?id=15600