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Sixth Year of Die-Offs Hit Bay Scallops; Genetic Diversity Could Be Factor

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Brooke Del Prete with bags of scallops that marine biologists from the Cornell Cooperative Extension are using to track mortality and survivability rates of various strains of bay scallops in the Peconic Estuary. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Brooke Del Prete with bags of scallops that marine biologists from the Cornell Cooperative Extension are using to track mortality and survivability rates of various strains of bay scallops in the Peconic Estuary. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Brooke Del Prete and Mike Bunn with bags of scallops that marine biologists from the Cornell Cooperative Extension are using to track mortality and survivability rates of various strains of bay scallops in the Peconic Estuary. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Brooke Del Prete and Mike Bunn with bags of scallops that marine biologists from the Cornell Cooperative Extension are using to track mortality and survivability rates of various strains of bay scallops in the Peconic Estuary. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi measuring the growth of scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi measuring the growth of scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Peconic bay scallops have died in massive numbers each summer since 2019 and Cornell Cooperative Extension scientists are studying genetic variability in hopes of finding a way to seed the bays with more resilient scallops. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Peconic bay scallops have died in massive numbers each summer since 2019 and Cornell Cooperative Extension scientists are studying genetic variability in hopes of finding a way to seed the bays with more resilient scallops. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi with scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi with scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi with scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi with scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi with scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi with scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The scientists keep meticulous track of the growth and mortality rates of each strain of scallop raised in separate cages on the bay bottoms at several locations throughout the Peconics. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The scientists keep meticulous track of the growth and mortality rates of each strain of scallop raised in separate cages on the bay bottoms at several locations throughout the Peconics. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The scientists keep meticulous track of the growth and mortality rates of each strain of scallop raised in separate cages on the bay bottoms at several locations throughout the Peconics. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The scientists keep meticulous track of the growth and mortality rates of each strain of scallop raised in separate cages on the bay bottoms at several locations throughout the Peconics. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Brooke Del Prete and Mike Bunn with bags of scallops that marine biologists from the Cornell Cooperative Extension are using to track mortality and survivability rates of various strains of bay scallops in the Peconic Estuary. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Brooke Del Prete and Mike Bunn with bags of scallops that marine biologists from the Cornell Cooperative Extension are using to track mortality and survivability rates of various strains of bay scallops in the Peconic Estuary. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi with scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi with scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi with scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Cornell Cooperative Extension Aquaculture Specialist Harrison Tobi with scallops raised in protective cages in Flanders Bay as part of the CCE Marine Program's efforts to study survivability of different bay scallop lineages in the Peconics, where a parasite and warming waters have caused massive die-offs in recent years. MICHAEL WRIGHT

authorMichael Wright on Oct 23, 2024
The biologists doing surveys of local bay bottoms ahead of the annual bay scallop harvest on the East End next month have once again found widespread die-offs of the adult... more

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