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10.07.2022 Environment

DEC limits shellfish harvest in Southold after rain

Some waters in Southold Town have been declared uncertified for shellfish harvest, after rainfall that may have created conditions that could make the shellfish hazardous for consumption. The state...

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.

06.04.2019 Agriculture

Code change could allow roadside shellfish stands in Southold

Roadside shellfish stands could soon crop up in Southold Town as officials begin drafting legislation to allow shellfish farmers to sell their product on land.

10.09.2017 Environment

Cornell Cooperative Extension looks to increase shellfish population

Starting this month, Cornell Cooperative Extension is slated to receive $5.25 million over the next two years from the state toward efforts to restore shellfish populations and give its...

05.04.2017 Environment

DEC closes local waterways in Mattituck to harvesting gastropods

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has temporarily banned harvesting marine gastropods, including whelk, conch and moonsnails, in Deep Hole Creek in Mattituck effective Thursday, May 4,...

08.11.2016 Environment

DEC bans shellfish harvesting in parts of Southold Town

The Department of Environmental Conservation has temporarily closed shellfish harvesting areas in parts of Southold Town.

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...

06.30.2015 Environment

DEC reopens local shellfishing areas

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced about 4,000 acres of land in Southampton, Riverhead and Southold towns that were closed last month to shellfishing will...

05.01.2015 Health & Environment

Governments team up to help open shellfishing areas

The East End’s baymen — at least what’s left of them — are getting a hand from local governments, which are trying to open up shellfish beds that were...

10.02.2014 Agriculture

Shellfish harvesting to open at Mattituck, Wickham creeks

The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced last week that areas of Mattituck and Wickham creeks will be opened for seasonal shellfish harvesting, a development that’s being hailed as...

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