Shellfish Dealers and Shellfish Harvesters,
DEC-Shellfisheries collected water samples in several of the areas that DEC designated as temporarily uncertified (closed) on August 19, 2024, after the extraordinary rainfall event in excess of three (3) inches in Nassau and Suffolk Counties on August 18 – 19, 2024. Testing results from those samples indicated that the following areas can be re-opened to the harvest of shellfish. Effective at sunrise, Friday, August 23, 2024, the following areas are reopened to the harvest of shellfish, except as described in 6NYCRR, Part 41, “Sanitary Condition of Shellfish Lands.”
- Towns of Oyster Bay (North Shore) and Huntington: All the normally certified areas of Oyster Bay Harbor and Cold Spring Harbor.
- Town of Huntington: All the normally certified areas of Northport Bay, Lloyd Harbor, Centerport Harbor, Duck Island Harbor, and Huntington Bay.
- Town of Southampton: All the normally certified areas of Noyack Creek and Mill Creek, both are tributaries of Noyack Bay.
- Town of East Hampton: All the normally certified areas of Northwest Harbor, Three Mile Harbor, Hog Creek, and Napeague Harbor.
- Town of Shelter Island: All the normally certified areas of West Neck Harbor and Coecles 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
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, Julia Socrates, Assistant Director, Division of Marine Resources, of the Department of Environmental Conservation, hereby rescind specific sections of the order dated August 19, 2024, that designated particular shellfish lands as uncertified for the harvest of shellfish. This order is effective at sunrise, Friday, August 23, 2024, and applies only to the areas specified below, except as described in 6NYCRR, Part 41, “Sanitary Condition of Shellfish Lands”.
Accordingly, the harvest of shellfish from the following areas is permitted:
1. Towns of Oyster Bay (North Shore) and Huntington: All the normally certified areas of Oyster Bay Harbor and Cold Spring Harbor.
2. Town of Huntington: All the normally certified areas of Northport Bay, Lloyd Harbor, Centerport Harbor, Duck Island Harbor, and Huntington Bay.
3. Town of Southampton: All the normally certified areas of Noyack Creek and Mill Creek, both are tributaries of Noyack Bay.
4. Town of East Hampton: All the normally certified areas of Northwest Harbor, Three Mile Harbor, Hog Creek, and Napeague Harbor.
5. Town of Shelter Island: All the normally certified areas of West Neck Harbor and Coecles Harbor.
I hereby certify that this is the original thereof.
Dated: August 22, 2024 -S-
Kings Park, New York Julia Socrates, Assistant Director
Division of Marine Resources
