The easiest way to shuck a pacific oyster is through the side. Place the oyster down, so it is sideways on with the flat shell up and hold the back hinge down with a tea towel. Screw the knife ...

Orange County Coastkeeper just received a bounty of recycled oyster shells, 724 pounds worth, from the recent DTLA Oyster ...

I picked up the rough, jagged shell and, using a tiny fork ... and sold in the United States — are Pacific oysters, Kumamoto ...

the Pacific oysters attach to rocks and slipways. To cull them, the volunteers strike the shells with a hammer until it breaks. "It feels counter intuitive to be going around with hammers ...