Island Creek x Mariscadora Cockles in Brine YGroup_Norumbega Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard

Why They’re Unique: The farm is located at the mouth of the Harraseeket River on Casco Bay - a region with a deep history of thriving wild shellfish populations that likely sustained the Indigenous people in the surrounding areas

How they're grown: The oysters start as seed grown in floating bags on the surface for the first year

Nick Papa and Jim Arnoux

rich meats with distinctive brown edges

Island Creek x Mariscadora Cockles in Brine YGroup_Norumbega Martha's VineyardStory: Like the start of any good story, Mariscadora begins with an accountant and a fisherman. Founders Angel Costas and Floriano Mian first met at a now defunct cannery where Costas ran the books as an accountant, and Mian applied his lifelong knowledge of local seafood as the cannery's purchaser. In 1966, sensing that bankruptcy was on the horizon for their employer, Costas and Mian decided to jump ship and start their own factory. Mariscadora is