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Another Bay Scallop Die-Off In Bays Looms, But Giant New Generation Leaves Room For Hope

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Sawyer Clark shows off some of the baby scallop

Sawyer Clark shows off some of the baby scallop "bugs" that are abundant in the Peconic Estuary this summer. But their adult progenitors appear to have died in huge numbers over the summer, for the third summer in a row, leaving few hopes for the fall harvest.

Bug bay scallops are abundant this summer but adults have suffered a widespread die-off for the third summer in a row.

Bug bay scallops are abundant this summer but adults have suffered a widespread die-off for the third summer in a row. Jon Semlear

authorMichael Wright on Aug 25, 2021
The good news, marine biologist Dr. Stephen Tettlebach said this week, is that the bay scallops in Peconic Bay and its tributaries had perhaps the most successful spawning year this... more

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