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Experts from the CCE Suffolk Marine Program and Stony Brook University, are undertaking breeding initiatives that could aid the East End scallop industry.
Scientists from the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Suffolk County have confirmed a fourth consecutive mass die-off for the adult Peconic Bay scallops.
The annual scallop catch in 2020 and 2021 averaged only 3 percent of those in 2017 and 2018.
Ask any bayman, and all would agree that the bay scallop fishery in the Peconic Bay estuary system in the past two years was a total calamity. As such, it was no surprise to learn that the United States Department of Commerce recently declared the events of 2019-20 a fishery disaster. The declaration makes the fishery eligible for disaster assistance from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Baymen may also qualify for disaster assistance from the Small Business Administration, according to the Department of Commerce. The department has balances remaining from previously appro...