Festival 'Oyster Floats' installations were playful, but reminds us that those oysters end up eaten

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• The Walrus Oyster & Ale House
• Feds say he masterminded an epic California water heist. Some farmers say he’s their Robin Hood
• Leading L.A. vegan restaurant goes un-vegan. ‘I knew the vitriol that would come my way’
• Festival ‘Oyster Floats’ installations were playful, but reminds us that those oysters end up eaten
• L&E Oyster Bar (Los Angeles)
• How do Tupelo Trees and Crawfish Help Apalachicola...

Oysters are less tasty when spawning, and leaving them alone in the summer would increase the number of oysters trying to make new oysters. Another recommendation would include daily limits during a five-day harvest week, and limitations on recreational harvest. Depending on conditions before the harvest season starts, FWC could decide to not open the bay or to adjust daily limits.

The Walrus Oyster & Ale House

The second restaurant is Un Po Tipsy Pizzeria, a largely by-the-slice wood-fired operation that will cater to the takeout crowd. The third is an as-yet-unnamed “higher-end, European-inspired restaurant” with 40 seats plus a cocktail bar that presumably will be in line with Erickson’s other restaurants. “The Plan” recommends rapid ‘spot-checks’ where oystermen bring up sections of reef to get a quick sense of the health at any point in the bay. “A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus” opens with a photo of a small boat moored on a tranquil sea between islands off the coast.

Feds say he masterminded an epic California water heist. Some farmers say he’s their Robin Hood

After their success with limestone, ABSI tried concrete and found it worked about as well. Now that we’ve reviewed the challenges facing the bay, let’s dig into ABSI’s recommendations to meet those challenges. Oysters reach maturity faster than in other estuaries and had always regrown quickly after intense harvesting. “What it is is a list of options and recommendations to government entities, that have a consensus of stakeholder agreement,” says Dr. Sandra Brooke. Dr. Brooke is a senior researcher at the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory.

Leading L.A. vegan restaurant goes un-vegan. ‘I knew the vitriol that would come my way’

However, Florida contended that if Georgia had used water more responsibly, there would have been enough to keep the Corps from enacting drought operations. When freshwater flow remains low for an extended period, salinity increases in the bay. This creates conditions favorable for oyster predators, snails such as oyster drills and crown conchs, who reproduce at a higher rate in the saltier water. The Apalachicola is Florida’s largest river in terms of volume, flowing 106 miles from the Georgia border and into Apalachicola Bay. When Georgia experiences drought, the ACE holds water back so that it can be used by farms along the Flint River and by cities and towns, including Atlanta, along the Chattahoochee. During drought operations, the Woodruff Dam outputs an average of 5,000 cubic feet per second, the lowest allowed by law.

Island Creek Oyster Bar (Boston)

Season the liquid to taste with lemon juice and salt, then reduce the heat to low. Return the mussels to the pot, add the creme fraiche and tarragon, and stir gently until the mussels are warmed through and coated with the cream. When you order mussels there, they come in the pot they were cooked in, steamed in cider and topped with a generous dollop of creme fraiche, which whoever has thought to grab a ladle gets to stir into them just before serving. And as you do at La Cale, you should eat a small mussel first, then use its shell as a utensil to pry the mussels out of the remaining shells. It’s a generous book, much more than a collection of recipes from her restaurants, embracing her team and everyone who has helped her along the way.

Most of them show up somewhere in these pages—in a story, in a clear-eyed photo, in a recipe. “The cut of lamb changes every year, but some things stay the same,” she writes. “We always cook it on a grate over a fire built in a used wine barrel the way Russell’s grandfather did.” And for her annual Normandy dinner and mussels steamed in cider.

Festival ‘Oyster Floats’ installations were playful, but reminds us that those oysters end up eaten

She is also the principal investigator of the Apalachicola Bay System Initiative (ABSI). “Crab really tastes best when you catch it yourself and eat it with friends in front of a sweet summer sunset,” she writes. And here comes the menu and recipes for grilled crab with harissa butter (I’m definitely in for that), grilled mackerel with olive oil and lemon and tartine with chile-marinated anchovies and butter. If you can't open the menu, open in a private window or switch Google accounts.

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L&E Oyster Bar (Los Angeles)

Community buy-in is as much a part of the Plan as the strategies to protect the oyster population. Goal D looks to engage community stakeholders and create education programs for schools and adults. A large rock provides more surface for a spat to settle on and is harder to move around. Another benefit is that oyster tongs are less likely to damage large rocks.

How do Tupelo Trees and Crawfish Help Apalachicola...

Our all-scratch and locally sourced food menu draws inspiration from the surrounding Chesapeake Bay area. The bar features a unique scratch cocktail program using small batch artisanal spirits, freshly squeezed juices and homemade seasonal syrups. Like its namesake, The Walrus beverage program is big and bold serving “over the top” frozen drinks and seasonal Margaritas that have become crowd favorites. While 2012 was the year the Apalachicola Bay oyster fishery collapsed, it was also the year with its highest-recorded oyster harvest.

We opened our doors in September of 2014 and hit the ground running… literally. This 7,000 square foot, Chesapeake Bay inspired, full-service seafood restaurant, was bustling the moment we launched in National Harbor, MD. We’ve earned a legitimate reputation as an authentic oyster house, from our expansive program, boasting up to 15 bivalve varietals in all and selling over 500,000 oysters a year. The Walrus Oyster & Ale House has become a “go to” destination for Maryland/Virginia locals and out of town visitors alike.

Commercial oyster reefs in Apalachicola Bay are subtidal, meaning they are always submerged. They might count oysters within a one-meter quadrat, both market-sized adults and the generation coming up to replace them. A key indicator of reef health is the number of spat that settle there; if they aren’t settling, new oysters won’t grow. Also while on the bottom, a diver can look for any other concerning signs, such as an increase in oyster predators. Not long after the system crashed, the state of Florida started dumping oyster shells in the bay, a process known as cultching.

Through the Woodruff Dam, the Corps directly controls the amount of water that flows into the river. When the time comes, it falls to Florida Fish and Wildlife to manage the fishery. This includes decisions about when to close all or part of the bay to harvesting, limits on harvesting, and how to enforce their rules. Lowlander will have 100 seats inside, a bunch of outdoor seating, and TVs — it’s going to cultivate a sports bar atmosphere, partly as an homage to FX McRory’s, a former occupant of the building. Other recommendations would limit when and how many oysters a person could harvest. This includes doing away with harvesting over the summer, when oysters spawn.

Since none of the environmental factors that contributed to the collapse have changed, ABSI hopes their recommendations can help the fishery adapt to drought and water management upstream of the Apalachicola River. At the time, Florida did not close the bay based on environmental factors. “The management of the oyster fishery in Florida wasn’t particularly sophisticated,” says Dr. Brooke. If Florida Fish and Wildlife tracks salinity over time, they might predict when oyster drills would stress oysters, and decide to close the bars.

Whisk in the mustard, add the cider, then increase the heat to medium-high. Add the mussels and cook, covered, until they begin to open, about 5 minutes. Remove the lid and begin transferring the mussels that have cooked to a large bowl, stirring and prodding until all the mussels have opened and have been transferred to the bowl. (Discard any mussels that do not open.) Increase the heat to high and simmer the cider for 3 minutes, or until it has reduced by about a third.