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.
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...
02.06.2016 Business Long Island oyster growers unite, form lobbying group “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...
05.01.2015 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...
