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Mayor’s Cup Races to Help Save The Great South Bay

Mayor’s Cup Races to Help Save The Great South Bay

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Sep 27, 2021 | Featured, Fishing and Boating, News

The 2021 Mayor’s Cup Charity Regatta & Soirée took place on Saturday, September 18 on the Great South Bay followed immediately by what is quickly becoming an annual favorite celebration at the Long Island Yacht Club benefiting local environmental non-profit Save...
Jet Skis Can Damage Marshlands

Jet Skis Can Damage Marshlands

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jul 6, 2021 | Advocacy, Fishing and Boating, Fixing Habitats, Marshlands

Jet skis (personal water craft) are a lot of fun, and we love having fun on the Great South Bay, but full throttle jet ski riding in the marshlands can do some real harm to nature. Marsh sidewalls are sensitive and the propulsion from jet ski’s can cause them to...
Pump Out, Don’t Dump Out!

Pump Out, Don’t Dump Out!

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Jul 3, 2021 | Algal Blooms, Boat Sewage, Creek Defender, Fishing and Boating, Water Quality

To all our boater friends – help protect marine life of our Bay.  Raw sewage in our waterways causes pollution, algal blooms, possible diseases for shellfish areas, and can close areas for swimming. – pump out, don’t dump out. Our Creek Defenders...
Emergency Closures in GSB

Emergency Closures in GSB

by Robyn Silvestri, Executive Director | Oct 23, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Education, Fishing and Boating, Lawn Fertilizer, Nitrogen Pollution, Pesticides, Pollution, Septic Tanks, Water Quality

Heads up Great South Bay diggers. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation has just announced the emergency expansion of closed/uncertified waters in the Great South Bay due to poor water quality in certain areas. In total, another 600 acres of Bay bottom have...
Top 5 Tips on Catch & Release

Top 5 Tips on Catch & Release

by Save The Great South Bay | Sep 16, 2020 | Education, Fishing and Boating

Many thanks to our colleagues over at the Department of Environmental Control for sharing this important info in the DEC Saltwater Fishing & Boating Newsletter, 09/11/2020. Anglers can take simple steps to improve the quality of future fishing. When catch and...
The Menhaden Project

The Menhaden Project

by Save The Great South Bay | Apr 28, 2020 | Cleaner Water, Fishing and Boating

Menhaden, aka Bunker, are oftentimes referred to as the “most important fish in the ocean”. They play a key role in the marine ecosystem linking their food source, plankton, to larger predators such as striped bass and bluefish, sharks, marine mammals, and fish-eating...
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