Oyster farms in CT and restaurants to find them

According to the Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Connecticut harvests about 200,000 bushels of oysters each year from more than 70,000 acres of shellfish farms. Shellfishing generates more than $30 million in the state annually. It’s also a culture. Here are some of the state’s family and locally-owned oyster farms and restaurants to order them.

Copps Island Oysters - 7 Edgewater Pl., Norwalk

G&B Shellfish Farm - 10 Hancock St. #2, Stratford

Indian River Shellfish - 178 Cottage Rd., Madison

Niantic Bay Shellfish Farm - 111 Main St., Niantic

Noank Oysters - 100 Main St., Noank

Stonington Farms Shellfish Inc. - 28 East Main St., Mystic

Boca Oyster Bar - 10 E Main St, Bridgeport

Elm Street Oyster House - 11 W Elm St, Greenwich

Knot Norm's - 10 First Street, Norwalk

Farmhouse - 43 S Main St, Newtown

F.I.S.H Restaurant & Bar - 245 Bedford St, Stamford

Shell & Bones - 100 S Water St, New Haven