A look through Indigenous Australian art will find many stories about collecting oysters. The painting above by Linda Namiya Bopirri is titled 'Oyster Dreaming'.

The Yolngu people from south east Arnheim land in the very north of Australia have been trading with the people of what is now known as Indonesia for a long time before the white man arrived. There is every chance that oysters where one of the items traded between these peoples.

The very first European account of the lands of the Inca Empire describes a trading raft laden with riches. In 1525, Francisco Pizarro's expedition encountered the indigenous sailing craft off the coast of Tumbez, just south of the equator. Filled with objects of gold and silver, including crowns, diadems, belts, bracelets, leg ornaments, and breast plates, the raft's cargo also included emeralds, crystal, and amber, as well as many elaborately decorated and richly worked garments made from wool and cotton. To the astonishment of the Spaniards, these fineries were traded for coral-colored seashells, undoubtedly spondylus, a marine bivalve known as the thorny oyster.

These drawings of oysters were made in 1891 and where originally published in the November 7th edition of the 'Illustrated Australian Newspaper' under the title, "The oysters friends and enemies". They show the young spat of the oysters, presumably Sydney Rock Oysters, as well as some of the organisms found inside of the oysters.

In this video we demonstrate how to shuck an oyster. We are using our R Murphy Wellfleet Oyster Knife, which can be used to open almost any kind of oyster.

The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, in Australia, has banned all forms of fishing in Fullerton Cove following the discovery of a suspected carcinogen, perfluorooctane sulfonate, in prawns and fish. This is the story of some affected locals.

This app will keep you up to date with how we are progressing in September.

It will also make sure you are one of the first to get your hands on half a dozen oysters, a hand made oyster knife and put your name on the list for a copy of the film once we have finished it - whats even better is that this is available in Australia and the USA thanks to Merimbula Gourmet Oysters and Bluff Hill Cove Oysters.

Just one of the rewards on hand for your support.

Pambula Oyster Co. which recently won a gold medal at the 2016 Australian Food Awards (AFA) for its Sydney Rock Oysters, an impressive achievement for people who have been farming oysters for less than three years.

Keeping natural waterways clean is important not only for preserving their ecosystems and the environment as a whole, but also for ensuring that people have healthy surroundings. These small creatures are pretty incredible, and there are a few ways you can help oysters clean up rivers and waterways.

A study has indicated that a change in temperature of just 2 degrees celsius could make mussels, oysters and other popular shellfish too poisonous for humans to eat.

Climate change models predict that sea temperatures will rise significantly in the next century, causing massive disruption to marine habitats.

In these areas, rainfall is also predicted to increase, reducing the salt concentration of the surface layer of the sea.

“Santa Catarina has the best oysters because of the cold sea current coming in from southern Brazil and Patagonia,” explains Tuscan-born chef Paolo Lavezzini, who helms the kitchen at the popular Fasano Al Mare restaurant in Rio de Janeiro. “The lower temperature contributes to the growth of succulent, tasty, and iodized oysters, which really maintain the flavor of the ocean.”

“Rather than bombarding the audience with facts and figures, Oyster will present its audience with a story, a landscape, an environment and will follow the Boytons as they face practical, ethical and personal decisions about things that matter to them,” Mr Beamish said. 

Why are the oceans becoming more acidic and how does that threaten biodiversity? Human activities produce excessive carbon dioxide and much of it is absorbed by the oceans, where it is converted to an acid.