Loch Ryan Native Oysters

The Loch Ryan Oyster Bed dates back to 1701, when King William III, granted a Royal Charter of the oyster bed to the Wallace family. The family live on the shores of the Loch, and the rights to the oysters bed have been in their family ever since.

Tristan and David Hugh-Jones were asked by Ben and Malcolm Wallace in 1996, to come and help run the oyster bed, as they have experience of breeding and managing an oyster bed. Tristan and David have been growing oysters in Cork, Ireland since 1969, which is probably the only place in Europe that has successfully bred the Native Oyster.