The waterways surrounding Wallis Lake are well known for oyster production.
With its location on the Bay of Mali Ston, the village is well known for oyster production.
The peak season for oyster production is September to March and average yearly production is 310,755 dozen.
More than 90% of Florida's oyster production is harvested from Apalachicola Bay.
The species once dominated European oyster production but disease, pollution, and overfishing sharply reduced the harvest.
Today Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, account for more than 75 percent of Europe's oyster production.
The manatee and pejelagarto fish have disappeared and oyster production has diminished.
The changes in temperature and salinity in the bays would have severe effects on fisheries, virtually ending oyster production in the nation's most productive areas.
In 2000, the Pacific oyster accounted for 98% of the world's cultured oyster production, and is produced in countries all over the world.
In 2003, global Pacific oyster production was worth $ 3.69 billion, with Asia contributing over half of this amount.
