You can get more information from the original SF Chronicle article:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/18/BAG5BKKUV51.DTL&hw=oysters&sn=001&sc=1000

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On 8/19/06, Paul Monfils <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Sounds like they are talking about Crassostrea gigas?  But I thought that
> species was already widely distrubuted on the west coast.  This article
> sounds like they are talking about something new.
>
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060818/ap_on_sc/invasive_oysters_2

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