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First Light oysters

First Light

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (First Light Shellfish Farm)
📍 Nantucket Sound · Massachusetts
SpeciesEastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
SizeSmall-Medium · 3.0"
MethodBottom culture / Beach-grown (intertidal)
Salinity
MildBriny
Oyster profile
BrightBrinyCleanFirmTeardrop-Shaped

About First Light

The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe - known as 'People of the First Light' - cultivates Eastern oysters in Popponesset Bay, Mashpee, Cape Cod, in keeping with their thousands-of-years heritage of living from the land and sea of Southeastern Massachusetts.

In plain words: bright, briny, clean, firm, teardrop-shaped, with salt bomb salt.

Where it grows

Harvest region
Popponesset Bay, Mashpee, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Growing region
Nantucket Sound
State
Massachusetts
Country
United States
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What do First Light oysters taste like?

First Light oysters are described as bright, briny, clean, firm, with salt bomb salinity.

Where are First Light oysters grown?

They're grown in Popponesset Bay, Mashpee, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, United States by Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (First Light Shellfish Farm).

How salty are First Light oysters?

Salt bomb: 5 out of 5 on the Shucks scale. Full ocean. Big brine from start to finish.

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