Red Tide Subsides, How The Texas Oyster Made A Comeback

Texas Gulf oysters are back on the menu. In what could be the latest start ever for Texas oyster season, the bays of San Antonio and Espiritu Santu opened on midnight Thursday to oyster harvesting. Carol Huntsberger, who owns Quality Seafood Market in Central Austin with her husband, says the oysters should start showing up in markets within a week or two.

“Typically the oyster season opens in September,” says Huntsberger. “In the last couple years, due to the drought and red tide, you know, it was pushed back. Last year I think it didn’t open until November. So this is the latest I’ve ever seen it open.”

Jim Gossen of Louisiana Foods, a fish purveyor in Galveston (and astute observer of the Asian Tiger Prawn), sent out a news release with even more good news for fans of Texas Gulf oysters:

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