The United States Coast Guard, which earlier this year proposed to remove hundreds of navigational markers along the Northeast coast, including buoys, day beacons, and lights, has unveiled the buoys it plans to eliminate, with several candidates for discontinuation in and around East Hampton Town waters.
The proposal to discontinue 350 buoys in the First Coast Guard District, encompassing the Northeast, is one of several efforts to modernize the approach to physical navigation aids, according to the Coast Guard. The design of the current buoy constellation mostly predates the global navigation satellite systems, electronic navigation charts, and electronic charting systems that are widely used by mariners today.
But the plan mainly drew adverse reactions from commercial fishermen in the town, the chief harbormaster, and other boaters and government officials.
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The Local Buoys Proposed to be Eliminated Are:
Gardiners Island Shoal Buoy 1 (back side of Gardiner’s Island)
Endeavor Shoals Lighted Gong Buoy 1 (about 4 miles east of Montauk Point)
Blackfish Rock Buoy 3 (at Blackfish Rock, in the Oyster Pond Bend)
Shagwong Rock Lighted Buoy SR (about ½ mile northeast of Shagwong Point)
Montauk Harbor Entrance Lighted Bell Buoy M (north of Montauk Harbor inlet)
Gardiners Bay South Entrance Lighted Bell Buoy S (Napeague Sea Buoy)
Threemile Harbor Entrance Lighted Bell Buoy TM (north of Three Mile Harbor inlet)