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08.11.2018 Editorials

Editorial: Moratorium is not in our bays’ best interests

A recent cover story in The Suffolk Times concerned the back-and-forth going on between the growing shellfish industry, which is making a terrific comeback in the Peconic Bay system,...

10.30.2017 Environment

DEC: Heavy rain leads to shellfish harvesting closure

Shellfish harvesting has been temporarily prohibited in areas across Long Island, including in Riverhead and Southold towns, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced Monday.

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.

02.10.2015 Environment

Town officials: It’s time to reopen waterways to shellfishing

Frustrated with years of trying to get the State Department of Environmental Conservation to reopen waterways long closed to shellfishing on the North Fork, members of Southold Town’s shellfish...

11.01.2013 Health & Environment

DEC closes three acres of Gull Pond to shellfishing

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has closed several acres of Southold Town waters from shellfishing. Due to increased levels of fecal coliform bacteria, about three acres of Gull...

08.24.2013 News

Using DNA to curb water pollution and reopen Cutchogue creek complex

Members of Southold’s shellfish advisory committee have been researching local creeks to identify specific sources of pollution and fecal bacteria that enter the waterways from septic tanks and stormwater...

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