Shannon Oysters is a family business, and it always has been. Brendan Snr. worked this bay long before wholesale export was ever part of the plan, and the way he went about it — mind the tides, take your time, don't rush a job the weather won't allow — is still how things get done here.
Brendan Garvey and Fergus Garvey do the day-to-day now: early starts, wet gear, and enough time on the water between them to read the bay by feel rather than by forecast. It's not a big operation, and we're not trying to make it sound like more than it is. Shannon Oysters is a small family farm that answers to the tide, not the clock.