• An Oyster Farm Tour is available for $15 per person, minimum of 2 persons or group rate of $50 (four people) and includes sampling of cooked oysters in the summer and raw or cooked oysters in the spring and fall . The tour is ¾ of an hour long and demonstrates how oysters are grown from seed to maturity in deep water and on the beach. Roger Thorn, the owner/farmer, will host this informative session about the environmentally sound and sustainable business of aquaculture. Tour Start Time: 6 PM, one week notice required. • Thynne Island Seafoods has won 2 Critics Choice Awards in 1999 & 2000 & a Bronze Medal in 2003 at the annual Liberty Wine Merchants "Oyster & Wine Festival" for our European Flat Oyster, "Thynne Island Flats". Thynne Island Seafoods European Oysters have won gold medals for 2004 and 2005.

Aquaculture: Okeover, Malaspina, Lancelot and Theodosia Inlets are interconnected and join to Desolation Sound via Malaspina Inlet. Pristine water quality and warm water temperature has led to the development of a thriving aquaculture/shellfish industry. There are 7 species of oysters, clams and mussels cultivated on approximately 40 shellfish farms in the inlet complex. Shellfish from these farms are exported to fine restaurants in Canada, USA & Southeast Asia. The aquaculture industry has a 50 year history in this area but production has increased with more refined hatchery and husbandry techniques. The inlets were traditionally used by the Sliammon Salish natives for shellfish and fish harvesting.

Enjoy a shellfish feast of farm grown oysters, clams and mussels (salmon, cod & prawns when available) garnished with organically grown produce. The shellfish are from Thynne Island Seafoods & local waters and are prepared by Chef Susan Canning. The shellfish feast will offer a minimum selection of 5 dishes and will change with availability of seafood. Some sample dishes: Oysters Rockefeller, Oysters Grilled in Salsa w/ jalapeno cheese, Locally Smoked Oyster Pate, Oyster Seviche, Oyster Baguette, Grilled Oysters w/pesto, Oven Baked Parmesan Oysters, Clams in Black Bean Sauce, Clams steamed with butter & garlic, Mussels with Pernod, Steamed Mussels on the Half Shell w/fresh Tomato Salsa, Mussels baked w/ garlic & Asiago Cheese, Barbequed Planked Salmon, Prawns w/Pernod or Prawns w/Garlic Butter. • Price is $25 per person and requires one week notice. Here are the comments from our first kayak guests who enjoyed the shellfish feast served to them in our orchard: "The variety of different flavours of the dishes worked well and the oysters were delicious. We have been married for 23 years and the shellfish feast is our most memorable wedding anniversary dinner." Andy & Larry Axelrod North Vancouver, BC