Deceased Oyster Beds

It is raining today so here is another photo taken yesterday on my walk along the beach.

At low tide you can see the remains of the oyster beds, so I walked down to them and took a few photos.

A mystery illness killed off millions of Pacific oysters in this area about 6 years ago. Some oyster farms have now recovered but these weren't so lucky.

If you look at yesterday's photo of the baby mangrove you can see the oyster beds way off in the distance.

[Diana]

fabulous shot Babs, that sure is low tide. I have never seen them like this before.

[Lesley]

How interesting. I have never seen these before. Great pov shows them off so well.

[Wylie]

a shame to see them destroyed by disease. Part of being so close to people I guess.

[Margo]

Interesting capture

[Peter H]

Interesting to see.

[Casablanca]

Fascinating to see what they look like without the water on top. Glad the oysters are reviving after the mystery illness.

[Dianne]

A pity they aren’t regrowing here. Did you get muddy shoes?

[Brennie B]

Nice shot with the low tide

[Babs]

@dide No I didn't get muddy shoes. The sand was wet but it is quite solid and not muddy

[Peter]

Lovely clarity, capture and interesting narrative Babs:)

[Valerie Chesney]

Sad but still a lovely capture.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful shot and clarity. Very interesting information and glad the industry is recovering.

[Lou Ann]

Great story about these. Perhaps they will come back someday.

[bkb in the city]

Great shot

[Linda Godwin]

almost completely gone

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely shot and great pov. Sorry about the illness taking away the oysters. That is sad.

[gloria jones]

Great composition

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot against a stunning blue sky! Sad to hear about the loss of the oyster beds.

Ian

[Margaret Brown]

Interesting capture with nice views

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a lovely scene

[Bep]

A lovely shot, nice composition.

[Jacqueline]

Interesting capture Babs!

[carol white]

An interesting capture and info

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's interesting how far the water goes out. Nice shot!

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture of this beautiful and same time sad place.

[Jane Pittenger]

Wow. What has happened to the oysters?

[Babs]

@jgpittenger They contracted a virus called OsHV-1 micro variant I believe that affects Pacific oysters.

@ludwigsdiana @tinley23 @pusspup @777margo @peadar @casablanca @brennieb @pcoulson @happysnaps @sangwann @louannwarren @bkbinthecity @rontu @mittens @seattlite @fishers @craftymeg @beryl @gijsje @jacqbb @carolmw @olivetreeann @pyrrhula Thanks, I believe they contracted a virus called OsHV-1 micro variant which affects Pacific oysters. Some oyster farms have recovered but not the ones on this beach. I think the owners just gave up.

[Nick]

Ah, so that's what an oyster bed looks like. I wonder if mussel farms are similar as we have one on the coast that's near us.

[Rob Z]

Now that's a very sad shot.....

[haskar]

Interesting capture