Oyster farming and production in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Dottie Lawley, owner of Bama Bay Oyster Farm LLC, produces oysters out of Mobile Bay behind her home since 2017 and markets her oysters for sale to local restaurants.

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Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but not all oysters, are in the superfamily Ostreoidea. Some species of oyster are commonly consumed and are regarded as a delicacy in some localities. Some types of pearl oysters are harvested for the pearl produced within the mantle. Others, such as the translucent Windowpane oysters, are harvested for their shells.

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