Massé Oysters
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Come and discover the oyster-farming profession, learn more about our history and our products!
A FAMILY STORY
Oyster farmers for 3 generations, our company was founded in 1948, and since then our know-how has been handed down from father to son.
Today, we produce our oysters from the sea to the packaging stage.
Since June 1, 2013, Raphaël has taken over the farming side of the business from his father Gilles and created his own company, SCEA RAPHAËL MASSE, which sells its production to SCEA GILLES MASSE. For his part, Gilles retains the refining and shipping side of the business.
SCEA RAPHAËL MASSE employs 12 people between Brittany (Paimpol) and Marennes-Oléron (Dolus d'Oléron), while SCEA GILLES MASSE employs 8 people year-round and around 80 to 90 seasonal workers during the holiday season.
OUR PLANT
Our company is located in Dolus d'Oléron, in the Marennes Oléron basin, France's most famous oyster basin for the quality of its oysters. We master the entire oyster production chain: catching, farming, maturing and shipping.
Our production site in Oléron comprises :
Surface area: 1100m2
3 disgorging tanks with a total storage capacity of 60 tons
1 purifying tank, approved as a purifying establishment since 2012.
To refine our oysters, we use 20 hectares of oyster beds, out of a total surface area of 30 hectares.
We own 15 hectares of oyster beds in the Marennes-Oléron area and 9 hectares in Brittany.
The Massé companies produce and refine Crassostrea gigas oysters, with an annual production of around 400 tonnes and a sales volume of around 800 tonnes (50% of which is sold during the festive season).
