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The Portuguese oyster is that best appreciated by the French, the largest European consumers of this gastronomic speciality. However, because its development is slightly slower and smaller in size than its rivals, Portugal is now importing sprat Asian oysters from France and raising them along the Algarve coastline, where they are able to grow more rapidly before sending them back to their country of origin for consumption. And the local Portuguese oyster is steadily disappearing off the three still existing beds. Lisbon’s Márcia Santos and Madeira’s Maurício Namora, while students of Marine Biology at the University of the Algarve, decided …