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The oyster industry in San Francisco Bay was at its height around the turn of the 20th century. It reached a secondary peak by 1911 and then faded away because of polluted conditions of the bay. [1] The former site of the oyster beds was named a California Historical Landmark (#824) and is located in the San Leandro Marina. [2] The historical ...
TBOC was founded in 1909, making it the oldest continuously ran oyster farm in California. [1] [2] TBOC was co-owned by Tod Friend. [3] (1947-2017) TBOC is currently owned and operated by Cathryn Irving and Heidi Gregory. [4] TBOC sells two types of Pacific oysters in various sizes, and customers must take them away and shuck their own oysters.
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The company was founded in 1899 by James Croxton. [1] [5] [6] The company is currently operated by cousins Ryan and Travis Croxton, the great-grandsons of the founder.[7] [8] [9] The company harvests four oyster varieties, Rappahannocks, Stingrays, Snow Hills, Barcats, and Olde Salts, in addition to Olde Salt Clams.
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In 2010 the company began pursuing opening a location in Houston. [7] The location in Montrose, Houston opened in April 2021, and closed in December 2023. [8] It was in the former Tower Theatre, which was established in 1936 and later housed a theatre, a nightclub, a movie rental business, a Tex-Mex restaurant before becoming an Acme location. [9]
Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue, which is eaten. Oyster farming was practiced by the ancient Romans as early as the 1st century BC on the Italian peninsula [1] [2] and later in Britain for export to Rome. The French oyster ...