Great South Bay Oyster Project
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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
The New Inlet 4-17-13 (LINK)
Another stunning shot from Charles Flagg's photographer as they flew over the breach/Old Inlet on the 17th.
The New York Times: The New Inlet/Breach is Fire Island’s Lucky Break
Save The Great South Bay applauds Lawrence Downes for his editorial piece in the New York Times For April 18th: Fire Island's Lucky Break.   The breach / New Inlet is flushing and cleaning the bay, the evidence that it is causing any additional flooding is...
Into the Breach
In an Orwellian irony, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the State's bulwark against the forces of pollution and habitat destruction, is being pressured to do exactly the opposite of protecting the environment. It's being called on to...
What Mother Nature and The New Inlet Can’t Do — A Bay in Peril
With The New Inlet, Mother Nature’s true gift was to give us but a glimpse of what the Great South Bay was and could be again. It’s a challenge to us to take action. Next summer, will The New Inlet even be there, whether because of nature or man? Then what? The bay starts to die again. Here’s what Mother Nature alone can’t fix, and what we must fix if we want this bay all the way back, New Inlet or no New Inlet:
The New Inlet is Cleaning The Eastern Great South Bay and Bellport Bay
Prof. Christopher Gobler and his team at SCERP (Stony Brook Southampton Coastal Estuary Research Program)Â have just released some very interesting data on nitrogen levels in the eastern Great South Bay before and after Sandy and the New Inlet:...
A Great South Bay Breach and Estuary Policy Bibliography
A work in progress: Â Federal The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Home.aspx The 1996 Breach Contingency Plan http://www.nps.gov/fiis/parkmgmt/upload/ACOE-BCP-1996_web.pdf Recommendations for a Barrier Island Breach Management Plan for Fire...