Town to Implement Higher Fines: Shellfish Poaching
East Hampton Town Board October 2022 Last month Tim Treadwell, the Commanding Officer of the East Hampton Marine Patrol, addressed the Trustees about the summer long and fall poaching of “anything that is in our waterways”. He reported the poachers do not have permits for shellfishing, arrive well intoRead More
East Hampton Shellfish Hatchery: A Hatchery Season – Documentary
Learn how seeds are grown for clams, scallops, and oysters at the shellfish hatchery – right up until they’re ready to be given to our harbors to mature and help keep our waters clean and thriving. Oyster seeds ready for the harbor! Photo Susan McGraw-Keber Copyright 2003 BN Productions.Read More
Seeding Three Mile Harbor
September 12th was a perfect sunny day for the students of the East Hampton Middle School’s Surfrider Club for the annual seeding of Three Mile Harbor! The students seeded over 100,000 clams and oysters with their teacher and East Hampton Town Trustee, David Cataletto, and The East Hampton ShellfishRead More
NOAA – Reducing Vessel Strikes
NOAA Fisheries announced proposed changes to the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) vessel speed rule to further reduce the likelihood of mortalities and serious injuries to endangered right whales from vessel collisions. NOAA Fisheries is accepting public comment on the proposed rule until October 31, 2022. More information on theRead More
Dredging of Montauk Harbor Planned
Montauk Harbor Photo Susan McGraw-Keber The Town of East Hampton, along with the federal Army Corps of Engineers have joined to make improvements to Montauk Harbor that will deepen and widen the channel, a long planned project that is scheduled for the fall of 2023. The depth of theRead More
Ocean Beaches
The Trustees generally claim ownership of certain ocean beaches WEST of Napeague Lane to Georgica Association and WEST of Georgica Association to East of Town Line Road.
