In the 1920s, America turned to Japanese oysters as its native industry declined; their descendants now support a Pacific Northwest shellfish industry worth over $270 million

In the late 1910s and 1920s, oyster growers on the US Pacific coast turned to Japan for an unlikely solution to a worsening crisis. The region’s native Olympia oyster industry had declined dramatically after decades of overharvesting, pollution and deteriorating habitat.

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