Tillamook oyster farmer Mark Wiegardt wants to help Japan’s shellfish industry recover from the recent tsunami, so he is donating larvae to Japanese farmers.
Tillamook oyster farmer Mark Wiegardt wants to help Japan’s shellfish industry recover from the recent tsunami, so he is donating larvae to Japanese farmers.
Wiegardt owns the Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery.
Wiegardt and his wife have decided to donate shellfish larvae they don’t sell locally to farmers in Japan. His 24,000 gallon tanks hold larvae now. They appear as fine grain when filtered out.
“A while back they helped build the whole oyster industry here,” [Wiegardt’s son] Max said of Japanese oyster farms, “Knowing that all those oysters were growing right now are originally from Japan” is reason to give back.
Read more at KGW.
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