Oyster Deaths 2025. This pilot study addresses recent unexplained oyster mortalities experienced by growers in late spring and early summer, with reported losses of 50 to 90% of adult oysters reaching market. Strong storms that struck california in 2011 nearly killed off a population of oysters in the san francisco bay โ probably by diluting the salt water.
A restaurant customer in fort lauderdale has died of a bacterial infection after eating raw oysters. Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria sometimes found in raw oysters, is the cause of an estimated 100 deaths and 80,000 illnesses in the united states each year, according to the cdc.