Cape Cod Oyster Company

Cape Cod Oyster Company, based in Barnstable, Mass., and founded 1983 by Al Surprenant, manages more than 40 acres of shellfish grants on Cape Cod. The largest single-source oyster producer in Massachusetts, the company distributes oysters to some of the country's largest restaurant chains and food service distributors year-round in 48 states under the brands of Wianno and Great White Oysters from the company's large HAACP- and MRAG-certified distribution facility. Affiliated with a shellfish hatchery in Damariscotta, Maine, makes Cape Cod Oyster Co. one of a handful of oyster growers in the U.S, that’s vertically integrated from seed to market oyster. The company is considered a pioneer in oyster, surf clam and scallop aquaculture and currently employs 10 full-time employees and five seasonal employees.