Nurtured by Bernie Connell for almost a decade, the mollusc now weighs more than 3kg and is about to enter the record books
very so often, oyster farmer Bernie Connell comes across an unusually large specimen. He separates it from the rest of his crop, names it and lowers it back into the Clyde River at Batemans Bay, where he lets “tender love and care and good water” do the rest.
It is the fifth time Connell has won the Australian title and Jill is set to become the Australian Book of Records’ inaugural world’s heaviest oyster. Instead, after going through the formalities, the Australian Book of Records’ judges will likely bestow the record for world’s largest oyster by weight to Jill.
“You work on the oysters all year round and you come across one that is twice the size as the rest so you put it aside,” he says. “They’re what you call a fast grower.”Our Australian afternoon update breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it mattersConnell knows of an oyster that reached 23 years in age and has no reason to think Jill – which has gained nearly 300g in the past year alone – won’t keep growing.
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