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Oystercatcher Shellfish

Oystercatcher Shellfish is a woman-proprietor aquaculture farm located in Horseshoe Beach, Florida. I am dedicated to farming as sustainably as possible.
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I offer only locally-raised oysters and clams to individuals, restaurants, and retail. Pick-up Days/Times:
Working Food Pre-order Market Pick-ups on 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 4PM - 6PM (let me know if you need a later pick-up time)

Haile Market 1st & 3rd Saturdays (Oct-May, pre-order & walk-up sales); Pick-up for Pre-orders at Vine Bakery parking lot 1st & 3rd Saturdays 1:30PM (Oct-May) and TBA for holiday weeks (July 4th, Labor Day, fall & winter holidays, etc.. Other deliveries and pick-ups may be available, please email. Order by Monday evening for that week. More info in posts and on website. Thank you!

19/01/2025

Hi Shellfish Lovers! The photo this week: Mr. Dogfish is ready for a snack. Hopefully we will have oysters in the next few weeks! I will email my customer list with updates. Moving forward, I will not use social media, instead switching to email/phone only. All of my sales are done this way and most of my social media followers are on the list anyway. Remember that I have my customer email list which actually gets notified first (and perhaps alone) of specials and updates; this list also gets a weekly photo and little story. If you are not on that list and wish to be, please email me. Otherwise, I will keep up with my website (my contact information is also there):
https://oystercatchershellfish.godaddysites.com/

22/12/2024

Hey There Shellfish Lovers! The photo this week: the brittle star (one right side up, one upside down). Often found in my clam bags and oyster cages (where these guys came from), brittle stars are fascinating to me for a variety of reasons: the fun shapes they make while ambulating; their variety of coloration in browns, greys, and oranges; and their ability to autotomize (drop a limb to escape from a predator), like several other marine creatures. You can learn more fun facts about the brittle star at Ocean Conservancy website below, such as: they have five jaws; they can live in very shallow water (such as these guys at 1.5 feet on a dead low winter tide with a north wind) to very deep water (over 19,000 feet); there are over 2,000 species found all over the world; they are known as “seafloor ecosystem engineers” for their role in reshaping the ocean bottom; they can both filter feed and eat small organisms and scavenge. https://oceanconservancy.org/wildlife-factsheet/brittle-star/ #:~:text=Although%20brittle%20stars%20and%20starfish,contains%20all%20the%20internal%20organs.

My oysters are looking better and – if the water temps stay in the growth range – I may have some of sellable size as early as late January. I will provide an update next month when I know more.

Thank you for your continued support through these crazy, hurricane years. I wish all of you happy holidays and a bright, wonderful new year!

15/12/2024

Hey There Shellfish Lovers! The photo this week: starfish pepper jelly. Working Food grew a bunch of starfish peppers (a sweet pepper similar to a mad hatter) and saved the seeds, but had no use for the flesh of the fruits. So I made pepper jelly for both of us and I now have some available for purchase (see info below). These are sealed and shelf-stable. Also new for this week: yuzu mignonette. A friend grows yuzu in his Gainesville yard and was kind enough to gift me some, as well as the excellent idea to include their zest in some mignonette.

Please be aware that I have very few clams left. If orders are large this week, I may not have any left for next Saturday (12.28), or only have limited quantities or sizes. If I do not have clams I will not be at the market on 12.28. I will have clams again in about a year. I will be back at market when my oyster babies grow up, hopefully early spring. I will keep you all informed and thank you for your support and flexibility. Live blue crabs available again this week unless temperatures are too low and they bury up, as they did a couple weeks ago.

DECEMBER MARKET & DELIVERY SCHEDULE:
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 12.21 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• TENTATIVE: DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 12.28 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM

Please order by Wednesday evening, December 18th. I will confirm orders as usual. Thank you!

08/12/2024

Hey There Shellfish Lovers! The photo this week: clam babies! The seed from this fall and winter will hopefully grow up, not be taken away by hurricanes, and be available next November or December. Until then, I will have clams til sold out, which will very likely be the end of this month; I will not have them again for about a year though I should have oysters large enough to sell this spring.

The storm damage has resulted in less available clam sizes, so there are only pasta, middleneck, and topneck. I have lowered the price of the larger clams a bit to move them, so if you haven’t tried a larger clam before, now is a good time to experiment. In general, I find that even the larger clams are not rubbery as long as you are attentive to not over-cooking them. Because larger clams have larger muscles (feet and siphons - the chewier parts), you may want to cut or chop them for some applications. I usually never do this, though, unless I am making a dip, chowder, or a pilau and want to make them stretch.

With colder water temps (50-53 degrees in the mornings) the crabs have buried up. If temperatures do not increase, I may not have crabs this week but please do tell me if you would like them if they are available. Note the specialty products now includes mignonette (even though I do not yet have oysters – I know you probably need it!) and hot sauce. Clam dip and smoked mullet dip also available!

01/12/2024

Hey There Shellfish Lovers! The photo this week: a beautiful winter morning sky. The winter sunrises and sunsets are my favorite as they are usually more colorful and longer-lasting than their summer counterparts. It is something to look forward to as Jack Frost nips at noses, hands, and feet out on the water these days. Certainly is seafood gumbo and chowder weather!

The storm damage has resulted in less available clam sizes, so there are only pasta, middleneck, and topneck listed below. I have lowered the price of the middlenecks a bit to move them, so if you haven’t tried a larger clam before, now is a good time to experiment. In general, I find that even the larger clams are not rubbery as long as you are attentive to not over-cooking them. Because larger clams have larger muscles (feet and siphons - the chewier parts), you may want to cut or chop them for some applications. I usually never do this, though, unless I am making a dip, chowder, or a pilau and want to make them stretch. Clams will be available until sold out, probably sometime in January. Then we will be waiting on babies to grow, probably late Fall 2025.

Live blue crabs again! Specialty products now includes mignonette (even though I do not yet have oysters – I know you probably need it!) and hot sauce.

DECEMBER MARKET & DELIVERY SCHEDULE:
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 12.7 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 12.14 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 12.21 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 12.28 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM

Please order by Wednesday evening, December 4th. I will confirm orders as usual. Thank you!

25/11/2024

Don't miss the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park Holiday Open House December 14th. Dudley Farm has Cane Day coming up, and another, weekday boil after that (which I will probably also cook at). Please see the Park or Friends groups' websites or social media pages for more details.

15/09/2024

Hey There Shellfish Lovers! The photo this week: double rainbow in a rain storm. With all this unsettled weather recently, there have been plenty of opportunities to enjoy beautiful scenes and cloud formations while out working. I love my office, even when it’s wet.

SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER MARKET & DELIVERY SCHEDULE:
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 9.21 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 10.12 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 10.19 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM FALL FESTIVAL MARKET

Below is the availability for Friday 9.20 delivery or Saturday 9.21 pick-up at 441 market. Please order by Wednesday evening, September 18th. I will confirm orders as usual. Thank you!

LIVE BLUE CRABS
Fresh from Horseshoe Beach No. 2s (5”-6” from point to point) mostly males with some sooks (females). $1.50/crab or $15/dozen. Please supply either a cooler or reusable shopping bag for delivery or market-pick-up.

SPECIALTY PRODUCTS:
Smoked Mullet Dip: $12
Local mullet smoked with Cedar Key red bay wood and seasonings, picked and hand-blended into cream cheese with Marjorie’s Red-bristled Fiend hot sauce and lemon juice. 8 oz deli container. A refrigerated product, best when eaten within 3 days.

Clam Dip: $12
My clams – freshly harvested, steamed open and chopped – hand-blended into cream cheese with sweet onion, Marjorie’s Red-bristled Fiend hot sauce, fresh squeezed lemon juice (and zest), Worcestershire sauce. 8 oz deli container. A refrigerated product, best when eaten within 3 days.

Clam Broth: $5
The broth left over from steaming my freshly-harvested clams in order to make the clam dip. I use just a bit of water to steam them and add nothing else to the pot. Perfect liquid for a soup, gumbo, or sauce. Bloody Mary’s anyone? 16 oz deli container. A frozen product.

SAUCES:
Marjorie’s Red-bristled Fiend: $12
A variation of a good friend's North Mississippi Hill Country hot sauce, inspired by Marjorie Rawlings and her Cross Creek story of the red pig who ate her fluffy ruffle petunias for the last time. Sassy, slightly sweet and bright. Ground fresh chili peppers from Promised Land Farm, vinegar, Straughn’s honey, bourbon, fresh garlic, dried pineapple, dried mango, salt, mustard powder, ginger powder. 8 oz jar. A refrigerated product.

CLAMS*:
MERCENARIA MERCENARIA, NORTHERN HARD CLAM:
TOPNECKS: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (≥1 1/4”): order by 20 count. $18/20 clams (with a couple extry of course).

MIDDLENECKS: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (1 1/8” – 1 1/4"): order by 25 count. $20/25 clams (with a couple extry of course).

LITTLENECKS: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (7/8” – 1 1/8”): order by 25 count. $10/25 clams (with a couple extry of course). Examples: Order 25 clams = $10; Order 50 clams = $20

PASTA: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (≤7/8”): order by 50 count. $10/50 clams (with a couple extry of course).

*Note: If you would like to consume your clams raw please let me know and I will use the same time/temperature controls as the oysters.

No order is confirmed unless you have heard so from me. Quantities are limited.** Will provide handling instructions.

09/09/2024

Hey There Shellfish Lovers! The photo this week: a summer storm out crabbing. I never tire of the colors, textures, light/dark, shapes, and other features of clouds, especially over water. Hopefully we will not get much weather from this system in the Gulf this week. It’s been gumbo weather on the coast the past couple of days.

I’ll have live blue crab again this week, so perhaps some crab gumbo is in order (think crab meat in place of chicken, add other seafood favorites and maybe even some sausage). Folks have been enjoying them while watching the football games. Clam dip is also back, and mullet dip is here to stay for a while. They are fat now. Just be aware that I have few littleneck and middleneck each week until the size picks up on a later planting.

SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER MARKET & DELIVERY SCHEDULE:
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 9.14 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 9.21 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 10.12 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 10.19 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM FALL FESTIVAL MARKET

Below is the availability for Friday 9.13 delivery or Saturday 9.14 pick-up at 441 market. Please order by Wednesday evening, September 11th. I will confirm orders as usual. Thank you!

LIVE BLUE CRABS
Fresh from Horseshoe Beach No. 2s (5”-6” from point to point) mostly males with some sooks (females). $1.50/crab or $15/dozen. Please supply either a cooler or reusable shopping bag for delivery or market-pick-up.

SPECIALTY PRODUCTS:
Smoked Mullet Dip: $12
Local mullet smoked with Cedar Key red bay wood and seasonings, picked and hand-blended into cream cheese with Marjorie’s Red-bristled Fiend hot sauce and lemon juice. 8 oz deli container. A refrigerated product, best when eaten within 3 days.

Clam Dip: $12
My clams – freshly harvested, steamed open and chopped – hand-blended into cream cheese with sweet onion, Marjorie’s Red-bristled Fiend hot sauce, fresh squeezed lemon juice (and zest), Worcestershire sauce. 8 oz deli container. A refrigerated product, best when eaten within 3 days.

SAUCES:
Marjorie’s Red-bristled Fiend: $12
A variation of a good friend's North Mississippi Hill Country hot sauce, inspired by Marjorie Rawlings and her Cross Creek story of the red pig who ate her fluffy ruffle petunias for the last time. Sassy, slightly sweet and bright. Ground fresh chili peppers from Promised Land Farm, vinegar, Straughn’s honey, bourbon, fresh garlic, dried pineapple, dried mango, salt, mustard powder, ginger powder. 8 oz jar. A refrigerated product.

CLAMS*:
MERCENARIA MERCENARIA, NORTHERN HARD CLAM:
TOPNECKS: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (≥1 1/4”): order by 20 count. $18/20 clams (with a couple extry of course).

MIDDLENECKS: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (1 1/8” – 1 1/4"): order by 25 count. $20/25 clams (with a couple extry of course).

LITTLENECKS: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (7/8” – 1 1/8”): order by 25 count. $10/25 clams (with a couple extry of course). Examples: Order 25 clams = $10; Order 50 clams = $20

PASTA: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (≤7/8”): order by 50 count. $10/50 clams (with a couple extry of course).

*Note: If you would like to consume your clams raw please let me know and I will use the same time/temperature controls as the oysters.

No order is confirmed unless you have heard so from me. Quantities are limited.** Will provide handling instructions.

27/08/2024

Hey There Shellfish Lovers! The photo this week: getting going on the morning's next box of crabs. Live blue crabs for Labor Day anyone? Lovely time for a crab boil! They are No 2’s so mostly males with some sooks (females), all between 5” and 6”, point to point. Fresh caught in Horseshoe. Please let me know by Wednesday evening if you would like some, and whether you want delivery/meet up Friday or come to the market Saturday. Either way, bring your cooler or a reusable bag. Also will have smoked mullet dip!

Many of you have asked about Hurricane Debby and the damage – thank you. Essentially that storm brought me back to about where I was after Idalia but a little worse because I did not have time to recover fully from Idalia. So essentially, I will have clams but no oysters again this year. Until November when last year’s seed is bigger, I will have few clams in the littleneck and middleneck size range, but lots of pasta and large clams – and clam dip will be back! So I will have only 2 markets at 441 in September and October, and then hopefully at 441 each Saturday November-May. No clams this week as I am still waiting on water quality to improve.

AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER MARKET & DELIVERY SCHEDULE:
• DELIVERIES Friday 8.30
• 441 Farmers’ Market on Saturday, 8.31 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 9.14 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 9.21 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 10.12 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM
• DELIVERIES/441 Market Saturday 10.19 (possibly also Friday PM, just let me know your preference) 8:30 AM – 12 PM FALL FESTIVAL MARKET

Below is the availability for Friday 8.30 delivery or Saturday 8.31 pick-up at 441 market. Please order by Wednesday evening, August 28th. I will confirm orders as usual. Thank you!

LIVE BLUE CRABS
Fresh from Horseshoe Beach No. 2s (5”-6” from point to point) mostly males with some sooks (females). $1.50/crab or $15/dozen. Please supply either a cooler or reusable shopping bag for delivery or market-pick-up.

SPECIALTY PRODUCTS:
Smoked Mullet Dip: $12
Local mullet smoked with Cedar Key red bay wood and seasonings, picked and hand-blended into cream cheese with Marjorie’s Red-bristled Fiend hot sauce and lemon juice. 8 oz deli container. A refrigerated product.

SAUCES:
Marjorie’s Red-bristled Fiend: $12
A variation of a good friend's North Mississippi Hill Country hot sauce, inspired by Marjorie Rawlings and her Cross Creek story of the red pig who ate her fluffy ruffle petunias for the last time. Sassy, slightly sweet and bright. Ground fresh chili peppers from Promised Land Farm, vinegar, Straughn’s honey, bourbon, fresh garlic, dried pineapple, dried mango, salt, mustard powder, ginger powder. 8 oz jar. A refrigerated product.

25/05/2024

Hey There Shellfish Lovers! The photo this week: a partially albino blue crab. This guy also had some strange mottling on his belly. I have never seen one of these before in the years I’ve been crabbing but apparently one wanders into the traps once or twice a year. When they shed, the new shells are the same as the old ones. I threw him back overboard to live on – another marvel of Mother Nature.

This is the last harvest until September. I have run through most of the clams the storm left me (and I am grateful to have had any left to me at all considering); I am holding some back so I have large clams in the fall for you all.

Fresh, homemade clam dip June 1st weekend!!!

JUNE MARKET, DELIVERY:
• Saturday 6.1 DELIVERIES AND 441 Farmers’ Market 8:30 AM – 12 PM (Friday delivery or meet-up at Working Food is possible if Saturday is out of the question – since I would rather not lose your business – but will make clam dip Friday after harvest so will have minimal time.)

Below is the availability for Saturday 6.1 delivery or pick-up at 441 market. Please order by Wednesday evening, May 29th. I will confirm orders as usual. Thank you!

SPECIALTY PRODUCTS:
Clam Dip: $12
My clams – freshly harvested, steamed open and chopped – hand-blended into cream cheese with chopped sweet onion from Promised Land Farm in Alachua; their own clam juice; Marjorie’s Red-bristled Fiend hot sauce; fresh squeezed lemon juice; Worcestershire sauce. 8 oz deli container. A refrigerated product, best when eaten within 3 days.

SAUCES:
Marjorie’s Red-bristled Fiend: $12
A variation of a good friend's North Mississippi Hill Country hot sauce, inspired by Marjorie Rawlings and her Cross Creek story of the red pig who ate her fluffy ruffle petunias for the last time. Sassy, slightly sweet and bright. Ground fresh chili peppers from Promised Land Farm, vinegar, Straughn’s honey, bourbon, fresh garlic, dried pineapple, dried mango, salt, mustard powder, ginger powder. 8 oz jar. A refrigerated product.

CLAMS*:
MERCENARIA MERCENARIA, NORTHERN HARD CLAM:
TOPNECKS: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (≥1 1/4”): order by 20 count. $18/20 clams (with a couple extry of course).

MIDDLENECKS: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (1 1/8” – 1 1/4"): order by 25 count. $20/25 clams (with a couple extry of course).

LITTLENECKS: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (7/8” – 1 1/8”): order by 25 count. $10/25 clams (with a couple extry of course). Examples: Order 25 clams = $10; Order 50 clams = $20

PASTA: Jones Rack area, mixed sizes (≤7/8”): order by 50 count. $10/50 clams (with a couple extry of course).

*Note: If you would like to consume your clams raw please let me know and I will use the same time/temperature controls as the oysters.

No order is confirmed unless you have heard so from me. Quantities are limited.** Will provide handling instructions.

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https://oystercatchershellfish.godaddysites.com/

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