Shellfish Dealers and Shellfish Harvesters in the Towns of Huntington and East Hampton
DEC-Shellfisheries collected water samples in several of the areas that DEC designated as temporarily uncertified (closed) on September 29, 2023 and September 30, 2023, after the extraordinary rainfall event in excess of three (3) inches in Nassau and Suffolk Counties on September 28-30, 2023. Sample test results collected from those areas that have remained closed since September 29 and September 30, 2023, indicated that the following areas can be re-opened to the harvest of shellfish. Effective at 1200 EDT, Thursday, October 5, 2023, the following areas are reopened to the harvest of shellfish, except as described in 6NYCRR, Part 41, “Sanitary Condition of Shellfish Lands.”
- Town of Huntington: All the normally certified areas of Northport Bay, Lloyd Harbor, Centerport Harbor, Duck Island Harbor, and Huntington Bay.
- Town of East Hampton: All the normally certified areas of Northwest Harbor, Three Mile Harbor, Hog Creek, and Accabonac Harbor.
A copy of the signed order re-opening all the normally certified areas in the embayments listed above is attached and the text of the rescission order is below.
Shellfish Harvest Area Classification Unit
Bureau of Shellfisheries
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Marine Resources
123 Kings Park Blvd., Nissequogue River State Park, Kings Park, NY 11754
P: 631-444-0492 | Dec.ShellfishClosures@dec.ny.gov
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RESCISSION OF EMERGENCY DESIGNATION OF SHELLFISH LANDS
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
AS UNCERTIFIED FOR THE HARVEST OF SHELLFISH
Pursuant to the provisions of Subdivisions 13-0307 (1) and (2) and Subdivision 13-0309 (1) of the Environmental Conservation Law and Sections 42.17 and 47.4 of Title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, and based upon the determination that conditions that may cause shellfish to be hazardous for use as food are no longer present, I, Debra A. Barnes, Chief, Bureau of Shellfisheries of the Department of Environmental Conservation, hereby rescind specific sections of the orders dated September 29, 2023 @ 1530 EDT and September 30, 2023 @ 1130 EDT, that designated particular shellfish lands as uncertified for the harvest of shellfish. This order is effective at 1200 EDT, Thursday, October 5, 2023, and applies only to the areas described below, except as described in 6NYCRR, Part 41, “Sanitary Condition of Shellfish Lands”.
Accordingly, the harvest of shellfish from the following areas is permitted:
- Town of Huntington: All the normally certified areas of Northport Bay, Lloyd Harbor, Centerport Harbor, Duck Island Harbor, and Huntington Bay.
- Town of East Hampton: All the normally certified areas of Northwest Harbor, Three Mile Harbor, Hog Creek, and Accabonac Harbor.
I hereby certify that this is the original thereof.
Dated: October 5, 2023 @ 1130 EDT -S-
Kings Park, New York Debra Barnes, Chief
Bureau of Shellfisheries