Oyster Bay is an inlet in southern Puget Sound which branches off from Totten Inlet. The bay spans Mason and Thurston counties, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] Kennedy Creek empties into the bay at the U.S. Highway 101 overpass.
Oyster Bay was named for the oyster industry it supports. [2] The bay is the site of one of only four oyster reserves in Puget Sound where the Olympia oyster grows. [3] [4] Oyster Bay is one of the most productive chum salmon runs in the state with over 40,000 spawners a year, estimated to be two-thirds of the run that would exist without human impacts. [5] [6]