Oyster farming has been growing in Maine. Up river and in salt ponds they are said to be sweet. Closer to the open sea they're briny. Joe Young's spot above looks just like the Wadsworth Point public lading near us. There on the Friendship River a friend Barrett Lynde had the seed beds for Gay Island Oyster. -gwc
A Fisherman Tries Farming - The New York Times
COREA, Me. — The boats start up around 3:30 in the morning, stirring the village with the babble of engines before they motor out to sea. They will return hours later, loaded with lobster.
Joe Young’s boat has not gone out lately. Instead, he puts on waders and sloshes into the salt pond behind his house, an inlet where water rushes in and out with the tides. After a lifetime with most of his income tied to what he finds in the sea, this lobsterman — and sixth-generation fisherman — is trying his hand at something new. He is farming oysters.***
