The end of farmed oysters off Stewart Island? Kavinda Herath / Stuff Rodney Clark, Bluff oyster farmer, said tears rolled down his staff's faces as they pulled oysters from Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island. Bluff oysters will likely never again be farmed off Stewart Island. RODNEY CLARK Oysters are hauled onto a barge from Rodney Clark's farm in Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island. ROBYN EDIE/STUFF Barnes Wild Bluff Oysters factory worker Janice Hird with pottles of the wild oysters, which remain free of the Bonamia ostreae parasite.

Source: Stuff August 02, 2017 07:41 UTC