The 2018 Bluff oyster season is underway less than a year after a huge cull of farmed oysters took place on Stewart Island to stop the spread of the bonamia ostreae parasite. The cull put an end to several large scale oyster farms on Stewart Island - some are still going through a compensation process. However, the wild oyster fishery was given the all-clear, much to the relief of Graeme Wright, who operates the Bluff Oyster Management Company. He joins Kathryn to talk about this season - along with chef Gareth Stewart who will be waiting on the wharf for the boats to arrive back with this year's first haul of oysters.
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