04.18.2020 News LIVE: Oysterponds Historical Society virtual lecture on history of East End oyster industry With the COVID-19 pandemic causing a shutdown of events across the North Fork and beyond, community groups are turning to technology to stay in touch with the community. We’ll...
02.08.2020 Multimedia Out on the water with an oyster farmer in winter The temperature was a brisk 35 degrees. The sun, high in the sky, reflected off the calm water. Small waves distorted its glare as its ray reached as far...
09.30.2019 Agriculture A win for aquaculture: Roadside oyster stands now permitted Six years after oyster farmers asked the town for an opportunity to earn additional income by way of roadside operations, direct marketing by aquaculture/mariculture operators is now officially permitted.
03.19.2019 Agriculture Oyster purveyors will get a boost from the county Since their first harvest in 2017, Southold Bay Oysters co-owner Dave Daly has been aware of what he feels is an essential flaw in the permitting process they must...
10.21.2016 Videos Shucking oysters at Shelter Island Historical Society’s annual festival Almost 2,500 oysters were consumed this past weekend at the Shelter Island Historical Society’s third annual Oyster Festival. About 250 guests filled up Haven’s Barn on Saturday night to...
02.06.2016 Business With Greenport man at the helm, oyster growers unite “Greenport, like towns on Staten Island, prospered from the oyster.” So wrote John Kochiss, author of “Oystering from New York to Boston,” in 1973, pointing back to the oyster’s...
04.13.2015 Government Oyster stands could be coming soon to Southold As of now in Southold Town, those who raise shellfish on underwater properties could set up a stand to sell their clams or oysters — they would just have...
09.20.2014 Business In the shadow of the Maritime Festival, a Greenport rarity It was a fitting day for a commercial dock to open up in Greenport, albeit a rare occasion these days. Widow’s Hole Oysters cut the ribbon at its new...
07.21.2014 Business Lieb Cellars hosts its 10th annual Oysterfest The 10th annual Lieb Cellars Oysterfest was held on Sunday and scores of people visited the winery’s Mattituck tasting room for some fine and fresh shellfish.
08.22.2013 News No more chowder contest at Greenport Maritime Festival In what organizers are calling an effort to better reflect Greenport’s legacy as an oystering community, this year’s Maritime Festival will no longer feature the popular chowder contest. Instead,...
