The official OFA web site has been closed.This is an archived copy of the OFA website for information purposes only. Please read the disclaimer.
Due to substantial restructuring of the NSW oyster industry and after nearly 80 years the OFA's members have decided to liquidate the Association. Members have been encouraged to join the NSW Farmers Association and act as a single united voice of the NSW oyster industry.
For those wishing to do research all relevent documents of the OFA have been archived at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra.
Please note that OFA phones, faxes, emails and postal addresses do not exist any more.
As the OFA does not officially exist any more no correspondence will be entered into.
The NSW Farmers Association oyster section web site can be found here.
The members of the OFA wish to convey their thanks to everyone who has
made this site so popular over the last 8 years.
Oyster Farmers Association of NSW Ltd
By the time Captain Phillip arrived in Sydney Harbour in 1788, the Aboriginal population had been harvesting the native oysters for over 50,000 years. Growing naturally on the rocks and mangroves in estuaries along the eastern Australian coastline, these native oysters are commonly known as Sydney rock oysters.
Nutritionists agree that Sydney rock oysters are a very healthy food. Sydney rock oysters are well balanced, easily digestible, nutritious food, rich in minerals and vitamins. Sydney rock oysters are low in cholesterol and high in omega-3, calcium, iron and zinc. Few foods can compare with oysters in terms of nutritional value.
Over the last 200 years, the commercial Sydney rock oyster industry has evolved by nurturing the best of natures' wild Sydney rock oysters.
Sydney rock oysters take about 4 years to grow to market size, then harvested under a comprehensive Quality Assurance program.
The aim of the Oyster Farmers Association of NSW Ltd is to protect this unique indigenous oyster, foster community environmental stewardship and encourage oyster farming in NSW.
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Oyster Farmers Association of NSW Ltd
PO Box 254, Turramurra NSW 2074
Phone 02-9487-3566 Fx 02-9487-1849
E-mail to: oyster@oysterfarmers.asn.au
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