Huitres fines de claires (oysters), Ile de Re, Charente Maritime, France, Europe

Oysters (huitres) ready to eat, thousands of tons of the shellfish are grown annually here, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Europe

Freshly-caught live oysters, fin de claires, on sale at food market at La Reole in Bordeaux region of France

Freshly-caught live oysters, fin de claires, on sale at food market at La Reole in Bordeaux region of France

Live oysters, Huitres Normandes, from North Atlantic on sale at farmers market in Normandy, France