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The native oyster, ostrea edulis, is traditionally fished in a number of bays nationwide. Oysters have been harvested and sustained for hundreds of years that we know of in Cill Chiaráin Bay.

The flat or native oyster is very popular — it has a unique color and shape, distinguishing it from the Pacific oyster, crassostrea gigas, which is widely farmed and most visible in European markets.

We hear "Native oyster" and "Galway / Cill Chiaráin oyster" widely used to refer to the local flat oyster. Native wild oysters are harvested in their own bay— seeds are not translocated in harbors today. So, a Cill Chiaráin oysters is a Cill Chiaráin oyster!

Bay management of an apex region of ecological importance entails stock development and restoration enhancement of breeding process in parallel with conservation of special species and areas within the bay; places where there are protected species such as eel grass and coral, for example.

Shellfish play a particularly important role in water purification with a particular emphasis on low trophic aquaculture by the European Commission and the SDG development goals, Sustainability and Development Goals, set by the United Nations.

Bia Mara, Comharchumann Sliogéisc Chonamara—is therefore an exemplar of twenty first Century low-CO₂ food production.