Status and Conservation
Ostrea lurida is much more stable now due to the action of conservancy associations and new laws. These have worked to put a stop to the pollution from mills and create restrictions to prevent over-harvesting. During the harvesting seasons, people with permits now have to shuck their oysters on the beach to keep from depleting the oyster beds that the spat grow on.
There is still a market for Olympia Oysters in which farms commercially grow and sell them. This helps prevent the depletion of the native Ostrea lurida.
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