DURHAN, N.H. — January 27, 2014 — Amid a surge in commercial aquaculture across the Great Bay region, one group is planning the first-ever recreational oyster farm.
Joe King's Oyster Cooperative plans to grow American oysters in a one-acre plot north of Adams Point in Durham. Its owners plan to eat oysters they produce instead of selling them.
“We are basically four or five guys on a basketball team who decided to do this together as a fun project because several of us love eating oysters and we tend to like each other's company,” said Ralph Jimenez, 66, of Concord, who is a principal in the oyster cooperative.
The proposal is one of two coming before the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department for review on Feb. 11. The meeting will be held at the agency's Durham office.
Bayside Oysters Farm LLC, which would operate on about 2.5-acres in waters off Newington, is the other. University of New Hampshire graduate student Jonathan Bunker plans to produce American oyster and possibly hard and soft-shell clams at the site, according to his application. Attempts to reach him for comment were not successful.
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