by Marshall Brown | Mar 9, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Could oysters be returned to The Great South Bay? If it could be done, it would have two chief benefits: The oysters would help to filter and clean the bay water. One oyster can filter up to 50 gallons a day. Second, Blue Point oysters could again be...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 7, 2013 | Featured, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Here’s a shot of a seal swimming in The New Inlet, Fire Island, NY. Fresh clean water — along with the fish that seals feed on — are flowing into The Great South Bay from the ocean, and the Eastern part of The Great South Bay is being flushed and...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 6, 2013 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Vision Long Island is holding its third and final public meeting tonight at The Southampton Town Hall between 7-9 tonight March 6th. The non-profit organization, dedicated to building a sustainable future for Long Island, is gathering public opinion as it puts...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 4, 2013 | Fixing Habitats
As we were systematically denuding the bay bottom in the late ’70’s, digging out every last clam, we hardly knew then that we were also changing the entire ecology of the bay for the worse. Here is what happened as thousands chose in tough economic...
by Marshall Brown | Mar 1, 2013 | Fixing Habitats
This is a great video on how to fish for striped bass.
