The Bunker Resurgence: The Good News Beyond Recent Fish Kills
by Glenn Jochum As you take your fish oil supplement, feed your pet, or apply your lipstick there’s a chance
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Schumer to Fight New Fluke Limits for New York
Just four days before Christmas, Long Island sport fishermen received word that the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration plans to
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Bunker Die In Droves Monday at Shinnecock Locks
In the early hours of Monday morning, fishermen and early risers noticed a strange glinting sheen on the waters of
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Stony Brook Southampton Shares Ocean Conservation Work With United Nations Dignitaries
On July 9, the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at the Stony Brook Southampton Marine Station welcomed a group of
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DEC, Fishermen Work to Cull Bunker from Peconic River to Avoid Fish Kill
The Department of Environmental Conservation and Riverhead Town are partnering to harvest some of the over-abundant menhaden in the Peconic
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East Hampton Launches an Oyster Garden
East Hampton Launches an Oyster Garden Growing your own shellfish is catching on all over the East End. This
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Alewife Monitoring Season Begins
Searching for Alewives in East End Streams The lowly alewife, a member of the herring family, is a critical fish
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A Talk With Rodger, the Peconic Estuary’s Oldest Scallop
We’ve just met Rodger here at the Peconic Bathtub, and we’re already certain he is going to do great things
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Anatomy of a Fish Kill
Researchers studying the cause of a massive fish kill in the Peconic River in early summer of 2015 have concluded that “rising
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Feds Debate Changing Striper Regulations Off Montauk
Feds Debate Changing Striper Regulations Off Montauk Long Island striped bass fishing advocates traveled to Washington this week to advocate for changes
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So You Want to Be a Shellfish Farmer?
So You Want to Be a Shellfish Farmer? I’ve always wanted to grow an oyster or a clam or a
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