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66234 North Bay Road
North Bend, Oregon 97459

Phone: (541) 756-3600
Fax: (541) 756-3200

Store, deli and restaurant hours

Live, Shucked & Smoked Oysters Available Wednesday to Sunday 10am-5pm

Restaurant Open Wednesday to Sunday 10am-5pm

 Closed Monday

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The Clausens specialize in large oysters, those that grow 5 to 6 inches and need three full summer seasons before they can be harvested.

We ship by air and package oysters in wetlock boxes with liners and gel ice. We also can use insulated Styrofoam boxes.  Our distinctive logo bags are used when transported by refrigerated trucks along the West Coast. You can choose your choice of shipping.

 

Max and Lilli Clausen started Clausen Oysters with the first oyster seeding in l980 after leasing some submerged ground in Coos Bay from Coos County. Seeding in Coos Bay usually takes place during the spring months. Oysters grow well in Coos Bay because rich nutrients are brought into the bay by the twice daily tidal exchange. The first crop was ready in l984. After that, each seeding yielded a years worth of fresh oyster harvesting to fill the increasing orders.”

Clausen Oysters is the largest oyster farm in all of Oregon.

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At Clausen Oysters, oyster larvae, about the size of pepper flakes, are taken and put on to an oyster shell. These shells are put in huge water tanks for three days allowing the larvae time to attach to the shell where they will remain for their lifetime. Then, these oyster shells are taken out on a barge especially made for shallow water and spread out on oyster beds. The oysters take about 3 years to grow forming groups of clusters on stakes in the tide lands. There are many different types of oysters but the ones Clausen’s currently grows are the Pacific oyster and the sweeter Kumamoto oysters.

Oysters are very high in nutrients, especially zinc. Zinc is very important for the immune system, as well as in brain chemistry. It also is important to the prostate gland, hence an aphrodisiac. They are delicious mollusks that provide the human body with a number of unique nutrients and minerals, which result in great health benefits. These include the ability of oysters to aid in weight loss, boost metabolic activity, increase tissue repair and growth, lower cholesterol levels, reduce blood pressure, improve immune functions, aid in wound healing, and promote healthy growth. Furthermore, they are a powerful aphrodisiac, can improve blood circulation, and also increase bone strength to reduce osteoporosis.