Crew aboard Golden Lea unload this year's first haul of Bluff oysters, in Bluff yesterday. Photo: Getty ImagesBluff oysters are likely to make their first Otago appearance today, as an uncertain season begins for the Southland delicacy. The first oysters arrived in Bluff just before noon. The wild oyster fishery was lucky it so far had avoided Bonamia ostreae, which caused the closure of Stewart Island oyster farms last year, he said. In Queenstown, restaurants Pier 19 and Botswana Butchery hoped to have their first delivery of oysters today.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 01, 2018 15:56 UTC