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South Fork Sea Farmers made waves once again for East End aquaculture with the fifth annual fundraiser titled “Shell It Out” hosted by Jeff Ragovin. The nonprofit organization is committed to educating and raising awareness about the fragile state of our local marine aquaculture.

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A traditional seafood favorite is being grown in an untraditional way in Louisiana

Picture yourself harvesting oysters you grew yourself, sharing them with friends and family. Sound dreamy? It’s a reality for more than 100 New York families that, come July, will be shucking their very own shellfish. The participating families get access to grow bags, 1,000 baby oysters, called spat, and 100 fully grown oysters, plus space to farm on a public plot, all courtesy of South Fork Sea Farmers.

Chuck Westfall doesn’t golf. So when he retired, what else was there to do but start farming oysters?‍The Wantagh resident leases seven acres from the Town of Islip’s Bay Bottom Licensing Program in the Great South Bay. That number will eventually rise to 17, with the recent launch of the program’s third phase that has added approximately 1,300 acres off the coast of Heckscher State Park in East Islip to the program’s existing 125.

The director of East Hampton Town’s Aquaculture Department updated the town board as to its activities and future plans on Tuesday, and two East Hampton High School students provided an update on a South Fork Sea Farmers’ pilot project, a recently constructed oyster reef in Accabonac Harbor.

South Fork Sea Farmers, a non profit dedicated to the health of marine environment, announced recently that a new reef will be started in the waters of Accabonac Harbor off Landing Lane.

Springs School sixth graders and East Hampton High School students joined South Fork Sea Farmers and the town shellfish hatchery to install a new oyster reef in Accabonac Harbor.

South Fork Sea Farmers, a not for profit dedicated to the health of our marine environment, today announces that a new reef will be started in the waters of Accabonac Harbor off Landing Lane. This reef will provide a ‘home’ to seeded oysters which will promote the health of local waters.