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The State Department of Environmental Conservation has postponed the start of the bay scallop harvest on most of the East End by as much as two weeks while it conducts water quality sampling in common harvest areas following Hurricane Sandy.
Great Peconic Bay, Little Peconic Bay and Flanders Bay will be open for scallop harvesting as of November 7.
Last Friday, November 2, the DEC ordered all shellfish harvesting in Southampton Town and East Hampton Town waters to halt until November 13, including the start of the lucrative bay scallop harvest.
The state said that the closures were made necessary because elevated tides and storm surges during the hurricane caused sewage treatment facilities and residential septic systems to flood, which could have elevated bacteria levels in tidal waters. Consuming shellfish with elevated bacteria... more
Great Peconic Bay, Little Peconic Bay and Flanders Bay will be open for scallop harvesting as of November 7.
Last Friday, November 2, the DEC ordered all shellfish harvesting in Southampton Town and East Hampton Town waters to halt until November 13, including the start of the lucrative bay scallop harvest.
The state said that the closures were made necessary because elevated tides and storm surges during the hurricane caused sewage treatment facilities and residential septic systems to flood, which could have elevated bacteria levels in tidal waters. Consuming shellfish with elevated bacteria... more
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