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North Fork History Project: The scallop industry has a rich past on eastern...
One offshoot of running a company that’s been in the shellfish business for 90 years is aquatic and historical clutter. Ken Homan’s office at Braun Seafood in Cutchogue is an archive of shellfishing...
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Slim pickings on opening days of scallop season
Donna King of Shelter Island said she and her husband Wayne couldn’t have asked for a better day as they set out at sunrise Monday from Congdons Creek for Orient Harbor. The weather was perfect on the...
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‘Alarm has sounded’ after scallop die-off of 95 to 100% in some areas
After a “near-unprecedented” scallop die-off in Peconic Bay, Suffolk County legislators on Thursday outlined efforts underway to investigate the cause. “The alarm has sounded,” Suffolk County...
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Local restaurants shift gears after scallop die-off
This season’s scallop die-off — and the resulting dismal harvest — has restaurateurs, baymen and ecologists deeply worried. Stephen Tettelbach, a shellfish ecologist with Cornell Cooperative Extension...
View ArticleCuomo requests federal support following scallop die-off in local bays
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is requesting federal support to address the recent scallop die-off, which killed an estimated 90 to 100% of adult scallops between last spring and fall in local bays. In a letter to...
View ArticleEditorial: Following bay scallop die-off, what's next?
When bay scallop season opened last month, the worst fears of baymen who are experienced observers of marine life in our waters were confirmed: There weren’t any. Somehow these highly prized bay...
View ArticleParasite linked to scallops die-off in Peconic Bay, DEC says
Researchers have discovered what they believe is a contributing cause of the “near-unprecedented” Peconic Bay scallop die-off of 2019: a parasite found in a sample of adult bay scallops. This is the...
View ArticleOne day into the new season, and there are few if any adult scallops
Normally on the opening day of scallop season, Braun Seafood in Cutchogue would be bustling with workers opening bushel after bushel of scallops. And the ripple effect of that bounty would quickly...
View ArticleAfter disappointing scallop seasons in 2019, ’20, outlook remains bleak ahead...
In June, Matt Ketcham was harvesting oysters at his underwater farm in Southold Bay, when he beheld the welcome sight of adult bay scallops in his oyster cages. (He threw them back.) He’d also been...
View ArticleFor scallop lovers, the season begins poorly
When the bay scallop season opened in New York State waters Monday, there were few surprises. Keith Reda, general manager at Braun Seafood Company in Cutchogue, summed it up: “I heard through the...
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