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Oysters

The Loch Ryan Oyster fishery is the only wild oyster fishery surviving in Britain.
After centuries of over fishing and industrial development the native oyster is either extinct in many places, or exists in such small numbers that harvesting them is not commercially viable. The oyster fishery in Loch Ryan is a managed wild fishery, having remained in the possession of the Wallace family since 1701 when the oyster beds were given to them by King William III.

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