Celebrating Washington's Native Oyster | Mossback's Northwest

The Olympia oyster is the Pacific Coast's only indigenous oyster. Tiny compared to other oysters, the Olympia was for decades raked out of Washington's beds by the ton, to feeding hungry gold diggers in California and Northwestern lumbermen. Invasive Japanese oysters took over its habitat, but the might Olympia might be making a comeback, thanks to interested shellfish farmers. Watch more episodes of Mossback's Northwest:    • Mossback’s Northwest   Follow Cascade PBS on Instagram:   / cascadepbs   Watch more from Cascade PBS: https://www.cascadepbs.org