SLIDE SHOW: Matunuck Oyster Harvest

• Photo/Art by Julie Bidwell

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  Perry Raso pulling an oyster bag from a cultivated bed.

  

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  Perry Raso heading out to the oyster beds.

  

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  Boat returning To the Matunuck Oysters dock.

  

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  On the way out to the oyster beds, the frozen shoreline is shrouded in fog.

  

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  Inlet to Potter Pond and the cultivated oysters beds.

  

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  Perry Raso holding oyster bag with mature oysters.

  

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  Holding freshly farmed oysters.

  

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  An abundant harvest of fresh oysters.

  

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  Perry Raso, seen here in the midst of an oyster harvest, supports the practice of sustainable aquaculture.

  

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  The crew takes a short break on the dock of Matunuck Oysters.

  

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  Freshly harvested oysters just off the boat on the way to the kitchen of Matunuck Oyster Bar.

  

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  Straight from the farm to the plate. Matunuck Oyster Bar overlooks the dock where the fresh harvest is unloaded.

  

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  Matunuck's signature oysters.

  

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  Freshly shucked oysters ready for eating from the raw bar at Matunuck Oyster Bar.

  

Join photographer Julie Bidwell as she spends a cold winter day harvesting oysters with Perry Raso of Matunuck Oysters in Rhode Island. Perry practices and promotes sustainable aquaculture and brings the freshest shellfish to his thriving restaurant in East Matunuck including his signature Matunuck Oysters harvested right off the restaurant’s waterfront patio in Potter Pond.

See more of Julie’s work on photography website: http://www.juliebidwell.com
Learn more about Perry and his restaurant: http://www.rhodyoysters.com/.