Great South Bay Oyster Project
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Habitat Restoration
Habitat Restoration
We advocate for healing the creeks that feed our bay, for bay-friendly yards, for helping to return a shellfishing industry to the Great South Bay, and for the deployment of modern wastewater treatment technologies to address the problems caused by 500,000 cesspools and septic tanks, as well as the 197 large scale septic systems in malls, apartment complexes and locally.
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Lend a hand! Join our Oyster Project Team and help revive The Great South Bay.
Partnering With Oyster Growers
Of course, nothing happens without cleaner water. That is why getting rid of our cesspools and septic tanks, healing our creeks, tackling runoff, and practicing natural lawn care is so important.
Please contact us with any suggestions you may have. You can also donate our efforts. We want to apply the latest techniques in aquaculture to revitalize our bay, our economy and our local culture.
We advocate for healing the creeks that feed our bay, for bay-friendly yards, for helping to return a shell fishing industry to the Great South Bay, and for the deployment of modern wastewater treatment technologies to address the problems caused by 500,000 cesspools and septic tanks, as well as the 197 large scale septic systems in malls, apartment complexes and locally.
Where You Can Get Fresh, Long Island Blue Point Oysters
- Neguntatogue Oysters (Lindenhurst) – call or text Keith & Nicole at 631-275-8046
- Blue Island Oysters (Sayville)- Call Chris at (631) 563-1330 for availability
- Maris Stella Oysters (Captree) – call or text Sixto at 516-939-5545
- Little A’s (Bay Shore) – call or text Michael at 917-526-1900
- Red Tiger (West Islip) – call or text Lou at 646-228-6273
The Making Of An Oyster Sanctuary
Site Evaluation
Establishing the Sanctuary
Enhancing and Measuring for Success
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Recent Progress On Habitat Restoration
Learn Oyster Gardening — And Help Rebuild A Way of Life
A class to teach young people the art of oyster growing is about to begin in Islip at Great Atlantic Shellfish Farms. Register now! Create your own oyster garden. Learn the art of oyster cultivation, and maybe someday become a bayman. That would help to bring an industry — and a bay back!
Cleaning Our Polluted Waters With Oysters — A Bill Awaits Governor Christie’s Signature. What of New York?
We need to be able to use oysters as a means of cleaning up the polluted water in our bays. The science and the economics argues strongly for this. We just need to grow those oysters in places where people will not be able to poach them. The big fear is that oysters taken from uncertified waters getting people sick would severely impact the local oyster industry. New Jersey is changing their law. New York needs to as well.
A Gorgeous Video of The Breach From The Air
We have now over 2500 people in our Facebook Group Save The Great South Bay. Almost every day, someone posts something essential, informative, and often beautiful. Yesterday, we got something beautiful, maybe the most beautiful place on Long Island. This was not...
Support The Moratorium
Sayville is the first village on The South Shore calling for a moratorium on pesticides and fertilizer. It will not be the last.
So What Becomes of LaSalle — And of The Great South Bay?
The 170 acre plot now for sale on The Great South Bay, the site of the LaSalle Academy represents a great opportunity and threat to the Great South Bay
The Septic Tanks of The Future Being Piloted Throughout Suffolk — Faster, Better and Cheaper
The on-site system I saw installed by Tom Montalbine of Roman Stone Construction Company in Bayshore stated that in volume the Norweco Singulair could reach $12000 per, and that is with all the manufacture being done on Long Island.  We are as a county on a mission to bring the very best in waste water treatment technology to Stony Brook’s Clean Business Incubator Program and to the world.  Â