Oysters farmed in Coffin Bay, highly regarded. Coffin Bay is 703 km west of Adelaide and 47 km west of Port Lincoln. The bay was named by Matthew Flinders after his friend the naval officer, Isaac Coffin. Coffin, who was to become a Vice Admiral of the British Navy, assisted Flinders when he was preparing to sail for Australia. Flinders passed the area in 1802 although he never actually entered Coffin Bay. By the 1840s there was a small settlement, appropriately named Oyster Town, in Coffin Bay exploiting the vast supplies of oysters in the area. The oysters were shipped out to Adelaide until supplies ran out and the town was abandoned. Since then the oyster trade has revived in the hands of the Coffin Bay Oyster Farm. Over the years the whole Coffin Bay area has gained a reputation as a haven for fishermen. Consequently everyone from rock fishermen, to surf fishermen, people keen to fish from boats, and jetty fishermen (there are special fishing jetties near Coffin Bay township at Crinolin Point and Schnapper Point) are all attracted to the area. Fish caught in the area include whiting, salmon, trevally, garfish, tommy ruffs, snapper and flathead.
