<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Ocean Tide Ventures, Stories from the water</title><description>Field notes, harvest reports and what we are learning as we build Malaysia’s oyster industry.</description><link>https://oceantideventures.com/</link><language>en-MY</language><item><title>What depuration actually does, and why we won&apos;t sell an oyster without it</title><link>https://oceantideventures.com/stories/why-depuration-matters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oceantideventures.com/stories/why-depuration-matters/</guid><description>Depuration is the least photogenic part of an oyster farm and the most important. Here is what happens in those tanks, and why the timer matters more than the tank.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>food-safety</category><category>depuration</category><category>food safety</category><category>traceability</category><author>Ocean Tide Ventures</author></item><item><title>Reading the water, how sensors cut our harvest shutdowns by a third</title><link>https://oceantideventures.com/stories/reading-the-water/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oceantideventures.com/stories/reading-the-water/</guid><description>The hardest problem in tropical oyster farming is not growing them. It is knowing which days not to harvest. Here is how we stopped guessing.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>farm-harvest</category><category>technology</category><category>harvest</category><category>water quality</category><author>Ocean Tide Ventures</author></item><item><title>Iredalei and Belcheri, Malaysia&apos;s two oysters, and how to tell them apart</title><link>https://oceantideventures.com/stories/iredalei-and-belcheri/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oceantideventures.com/stories/iredalei-and-belcheri/</guid><description>We farm both of Malaysia&apos;s commercially important native oysters. They look different, taste different and want completely different things from you at the table.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>oyster-education</category><category>varieties</category><category>tasting</category><category>iredalei</category><category>belcheri</category><author>Ocean Tide Ventures</author></item><item><title>Notes from the hatchery, why an oyster farm starts in a room full of flasks</title><link>https://oceantideventures.com/stories/hatchery-notes-microalgae/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oceantideventures.com/stories/hatchery-notes-microalgae/</guid><description>Visitors expect boats. The first thing we show them is shelves of glowing green flasks, because that is where reliable oysters actually begin.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>farm-harvest</category><category>hatchery</category><category>microalgae</category><category>spat</category><author>Ocean Tide Ventures</author></item><item><title>Why Melaka is next, and why it is not open yet</title><link>https://oceantideventures.com/stories/why-melaka-is-next/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oceantideventures.com/stories/why-melaka-is-next/</guid><description>We have picked our fourth coastline. It is not producing for sale yet, here is what we are waiting on, and what it will change for buyers on the peninsula.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>news-events</category><category>melaka</category><category>expansion</category><category>logistics</category><author>Ocean Tide Ventures</author></item><item><title>Getting a box of live oysters home without ruining them</title><link>https://oceantideventures.com/stories/storing-and-shucking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://oceantideventures.com/stories/storing-and-shucking/</guid><description>Most oysters that disappoint were fine when they left us. Here is how to store, shuck and serve them so you taste what you actually paid for.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>oyster-education</category><category>storage</category><category>shucking</category><category>serving</category><author>Ocean Tide Ventures</author></item></channel></rss>