"Steve Pope" wrote
> cshenk wrote:

>>> Buying tanked seafood from in Asian market is in no
>>> way representative of good seafood.
>
>>Steve, depends on the market and they arent getting 'live oysters shipped
>>from China' there.
>
>>My local place is very good. Sorry if your local one isnt good.
>
> Well, I've encountered only bad seafood from those tanks.

Thats unfortunate.

> I also notice that, with a few specific exceptions, high-end
> restaurants and fish markets do not keep seafood in tanks.
> (Those excpetions are lobsters and crabs, which are kept live in
> tanks, in and out of water respectively).

You do not see them or they buy from those who have them and cook same day.

> I have never, ever encountered a good seafood restaurant
> or a good seafood retailer keeping oysters in tanks.
> I'm not saying it's for sure meritless but it's not
> the way people who make it their business to serve good
> oysters do it.

You have not experienced it is all.

Live clams and oysters for example are best kept in live running water
tanks.