East Hampton Town Trustees

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

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

The Town of East Hampton has proposed a restoration of the Louse Point Road parking area and beach access for stormwater abatement and control.  Significant erosion at the inlet has caused deterioration of the north sand dune and has resulted in excess asphalt overhanging the top of the dune.Read More

Photo by Jon M. Diat At their Monday meeting, the East Hampton Town Trustees set Nov. 13 at sunrise as the opening of waters under their jurisdiction to the harvesting of bay scallops. New York State waters open on the first Monday in November, which falls this year onRead More