Netarts Bay
Bay · Tillamook County ·
Oysters, crabbing, clamming, and unique monkeyface eel fishing
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Oregon 97141 Get directions
Oysters, crabbing, clamming, and unique monkeyface eel fishing
Oregon 97141 Get directions
"A nearly seven-mile-long stretch of the Oregon Coast chosen for its unusually high salinity, this bay was identified after side-by-side comparisons of seawater samples from locations ranging from Neah Bay to Gold Beach. It supports tens of millions of oysters — individual oysters can filter about 20 gallons of seawater per day — which play a key role in keeping the water exceptionally clean. The bay serves as the source for hand-harvested salt, and there is a strong emphasis on preserving its long-standing cleanliness." - Avery Dalal
"Netarts Bay is a shallower Oregon oyster habitat that is regularly flushed by tides, meaning the water dilutes and moves contaminants out quickly and vibrio doesn’t have as much opportunity to multiply; after the Washington outbreak some Portland restaurants and chefs began sourcing oysters from Netarts for that reason." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Off the coast of Oregon, long, walkable jetties in this shallow bay make it surprisingly easy to catch monkeyface eel with a poke pole — fish are often right beneath your feet rather than far out to sea. The eel, which can breathe air as well as survive underwater and gets its name from its monkey-like face, looks a bit ungainly but is praised for a sweet, clean flavor and rich fat. Local chef Jacob Harth describes cleaning and filleting the eel along the spine, skewering and grilling it over hot charcoal on a yakitori grill until the skin crisps, then brushing it with a glaze of reduced fish stock, tamari, and fish sauce to highlight its delicious, crispy skin and savory-sweet flesh." - Terri Ciccone
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