’Tis the season – for oysters! Shore tradition dictates eating wild oysters in months that contain the letter “r,” which includes September through March. And in the greater Long Beach Island area, a resurgence of oyster farming means an abundance of the delectable shellfish to roast, grill, fry, or eat raw right from the shell.

A paper published in 2019 – “Seasonal Oyster Harvesting Recorded in a Late Archaic Period Shell Ring” – by Nicole R.