On the Water: Searching for Scallops
“The bay scallop season in waters under the East Hampton Town Trustees’ jurisdiction will open on Sunday at sunrise. Residents holding a town shellfish permit can continue to harvest them until sunset on March 31.” The Star’s fishing columnist enjoyed a better-than-expected catch on opening day for scallop harvestingRead More
Meeting: November 14, 2022
I. Roll Call II. Public Comment III. New Business Dead Trees along Bull Run & Cross Hwy Permit applications Timeline Date for 2023 Organizational Meeting IV. Old Business Dock Moratorium Permit language Update: “This project shall not commence construction unless and until all Federal, NY State, Suffolk County, East Hampton Town, andRead More
The 32nd “Largest Clam Contest” in Photos
Photo Gallery October 9th, 2022 Photos: Durell Godfrey & Kyril Bromley The Winning Largest Clam Contest 2022 – Winner- Susan Ceslow of Montauk Sampling clam chowder and clam pies!Read More
Scallop Season 2022
A mass die-off of Peconic Bay scallops in June and July has spurred new initiatives to help the recovery of the hard-hit East End scallop industry. This is the fourth straight year of historically low scallop harvests. The annual scallop catch in 2020 and 2021 averaged only 3 percentRead More
Disappointing Scallop Season – Again
Sawyer Clark with a handful of “bug bay” scallops in 2021 Photo Mike Wright Surveys of two dozen sites around the Peconic Estuary by scientists from Cornell Cooperative Extension have once again revealed what appears to be an almost total die-off of adult bay scallops ahead of the openingRead 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.
