Spat Center
Our most frequent question is "Where can I get Spat?"
Here are several known spat providers as of 07/2025.
Choosing Seed for the Oyster Garden This VIMS document will help oyster gardeners with choosing seed.
Spat Providers
Many of these vendors will sell spat at TOGA's two yearly Float and Spat Sales. You can also contact them at other times for purchases.
Baywatch Oyster Seeds LLC
(Triploids Only)
271 Bay Watch Lane, Reedville, VA22539
Keith Rodgers, baywatchoysterseeds@gmail.com, 804-453-4367 https://baywatchoysterseeds.com
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Company LLC
PO Box 96, Wake, VA 23176
Office Phone: 804-776-0220
Sales: 804-338-6530
Happy Oysters
Angelina de Rosa Manyak, Owner/Farmer
https://www.virginiaoysterseed.com
804-577-3833
Mike Lightfoot
(Triploids Only)
1152 Wilton Rd, Hague, VA
703-919-2723, jacksoncreek1152@gmail.com
Oyster Gardening, LLC
Wicomico Church, VA
Darryl Krolicki 703-850-7147, darryl@oystergardening.com
Joyce Krolicki 703-850-7176
Triploid & Diploid spat - floats - supplies
Oystermama's Bay-bies has unfortunately gone out of business! Thank you Judy!
Ward Oyster Company
Contact them on their website or call
Eyed Larvae & Oyster Seed Farm
804-693-0044
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Cambridge, MD
Stacey Willey 410-221-8330, swilley@umces.edu
https://hatchery.hpl.umces.edu/oyster-seed-sales/
Please contact TOGA if you have spat for sale in other Tidewater areas!