Will Oysters Go Extinct Before We Can Eat Them All?

Perhaps the greatest appetizer I have ever eaten is Oysters en Brochette at Galatoire’s in New Orleans. The oysters are wrapped in bacon, dredged in flour, deep fried and then drizzled in butter sauce. It is exactly as amazing and unhealthy as it sounds. So I am sad to learn that “oyster reefs around the world are disappearing so fast that more than 85 per cent have been lost to disease and over-harvesting.” I had better get back to New Orleans but quick; this heart isn’t going to attack itself.