by Marshall Brown | Jul 4, 2018 | Featured, Shellfish
While Blue Island Oysters has its hatchery in West Sayville, its oyster farm is off Captree. And last Friday was my day to visit. In 2000, Chris Quartuccio acquired a former bait shack and the lease for a surrounding six acres, and Blue Island Oysters was born....
by Frank Piccininni | Jul 3, 2018 | Advocacy
While The Great South Bay is far from The North Fork County Preserve, what is happening there would trouble anyone who cares about our bay. If Suffolk County is a poor steward there, why would they be any better on The South Shore? At the preserve, the fate of...
by Howard Ryan | Jun 26, 2018 | Advocacy, Algal Blooms, Bioat Sewage, Boat Sewage, Cleaner Water, Education, Featured, Fishing and Boating, Fixing Habitats, Hurricane Sandy, Lawn Fertilizer, News, Nitrogen Pollution, Pesticides, Pollution, Save Raitan Bay, Septic Tanks, Shellfish, Toxic Plumes
Facts: 2018 Cuomo Priority: Full PCB Clean Up of the Hudson River Cuomo Announces $10.4 Mil to Clean LI’s Waters With Shellfish A New Start for New Jersey on Water Pollution & Flooding Both New York and New Jersey have witnessed some great recent State level...
by Frank Piccininni | Jun 25, 2018 | Advocacy
Granted, this is not about The Great South Bay. But what is about to happen unless we stop it has to trouble anyone who cares about Long Island’s environment. Are those entrusted to oversee and protect our public assets — our parks, our wild places,...
by Howard Ryan | Jun 19, 2018 | Boat Sewage, Cleaner Water, Education, Featured, Fishing and Boating, Fixing Habitats, Pollution
Pumping out sewage from boats might not be appealing but is obviously necessary if lavatory facilities are utilized onboard. The proper use of pumpout stations is vital to keep boats and harbors clean and fresh. Dumping of sewage by recreational boaters is suspected,...
by Howard Ryan | Jun 18, 2018 | Advocacy, Cleaner Water, Education, Featured, Fishing and Boating, Fixing Habitats, Pollution, Septic Tanks
Before founding Save The Great South Bay, in 1999 I married and moved to Northern New Jersey. Having been a lifelong Long Islander and a huge Great South Bay fan I was immediately immersed in the New Jersey Raritan Bay for striper fishing, my favorite hobby. In...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 8, 2018 | Advocacy, News
It was just over a year ago that I lost my mom. She truly was a renaissance woman — cooking, sewing, gardening, restoring wicker antiques, knitting, raising five children. She was also a scientist, a five time Jeopardy contestant (she lost in Game 5 by...
by Marshall Brown | May 24, 2018 | Creek Defender, Featured
This video was shot just days before a fire from a nearby business shuttered Karen’s store. She has now camped her business at The Long Island Yacht Club in Babylon while her amazing store is reborn. Thank you Karen for supporting Save The Great South Bay and...
by Marshall Brown | May 24, 2018 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish
Chuck Westfall of Thatch Island Oysters by Captree [ In opening shot ] is looking for future oyster farmers. $15 an hour. Chuck is also President of the Long Island Oyster Growers Association and is passionately committed to the future of this industry. He is...
by Marshall Brown | May 24, 2018 | Advocacy, Creek Defender, Featured
by Marshall Brown | May 24, 2018 | Advocacy, Creek Defender, Featured
by Marshall Brown | May 24, 2018 | Advocacy, Bay Friendly Yards, Creek Defender, Education
