Loch Ryan is situated in South West Scotland, and the Loch itself is about 12Km long and 4Km wide, about 42 square km of seabed. It is Scotland’s largest native oyster bed. The oysters are fished from the seabed, by dredging them with our boat the Vital Spark.

Find out about Scotland's wild, native oysters, an ecosystem treasure of Loch Ryan. Discover how Loch Ryan oysters are helping to restore other native oyster beds across Europe.

Robust, wild Native oysters from the greatest survivng bed of native European Flats in the world. Loch Ryan should probably be a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Harvesting rights were granted to the Wallace family by the King of England in 1701.

The Loch Ryan Oyster Fishery Company employs two fishermen full time, who are harvesting the largest oysters for market, and relaying the seed oysters into known beds, so that they are able to fertilise better, producing more spat in the warm summers.

Discover the legacy of Loch Ryan's oyster bed protected by Royal Charter since 1701. Learn about sustainable harvesting, seasonal availability, and order Loch Ryan Oysters. Join us at Stranraer Oyster Festival!

2016年1月14日 · The oysters that come from Loch Ryan are unique, as it is home to the only oyster bed in Scotland to be harvested commercially. Over the last few centuries native oyster stocks have...

The Loch Ryan Oyster Bed dates back to 1701, when King William III, granted a Royal Charter of the oyster bed to the Wallace family. The family live on the shores of the Loch, and the rights to the oysters bed have been in their family ever since.

Monitored and fished sustainably by the Loch Ryan Oyster Company, these native oysters have thrived. The beautiful Loch Ryan is home to Scotland’s oldest and finest Native Oysters, with the oyster beds dating as far back as 1701 after they were granted to the Wallace family, and where they continue to remain in the family ever since.

The native oyster (Ostrea edulis) is a bivalve mollusc up to 10cm in size that typically lives on sheltered seabed such as in sea lochs and estuaries, mainly on western and northern coasts in Scotland. They require shells, stones and other hard surfaces for their larvae to settle on, living from the lower shore to as deep as 80m, and are ...

Loch Ryan Native Oysters are wild and sustainably fished from traditional Native Oyster beds in sub-tidal waters at Loch Ryan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Loch Ryan Oyster Fishery is the oldest and only commercial wild oyster fishery in Scotland.