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Oct 30, 2024
Documentary Screening: 11/6/24 @ Duke Lecture Hall, Stony Brook Southampton
Join us Wednesday, November 6th for a local screening of our documentary, "Turning Brown Tides Blue: The story of how scientists revived...
Apr 10, 2024
Join us next Friday, April 19th, at 11 am for our documentary premier at Stony Brook University's Earthstock Festival!
We are thrilled to release a documentary of our work, where our leading scientists tell the story of Shinnecock Bay's revival in their...
Jun 12, 2023
Celebrating Shinnecock Bay as a Global Hope Spot
Read the article here: https://www.27east.com/southampton-press/celebrating-shinnecock-bay-as-a-global-hope-spot-2167807/
Jun 8, 2023
Shinnecock Bay Hope Spot: Inaugural Event
Shinnecock Bay was designated as a global Hope Spot in June 2022. On June 9th, 2023, IOCS hosted a celebration commemorating the Hope...
Jun 7, 2023
Shinnecock Bay restoration is a model for ocean conservation, UN leaders say
IOCS's Dr. Ellen Pikitch speaks at the United Nations on the successful restoration of Shinnecock Bay, the importance of eDNA, and...
Sep 12, 2022
Clam Restoration Has Spearheaded Ecological Reversal In Shinnecock Bay, Study Shows
Newsday, Editorial, 9/12/22 https://www.newsday.com/opinion/editorials/clams-shinnecock-bay-water-quality baymen-ijy7ye2r Shinnecock Bay...
Sep 2, 2022
Nurturing of clams brings many benefits to Shinnecock Bay
Newsday, Editorial, 9/12/22 https://www.newsday.com/opinion/editorials/clams-shinnecock-bay-water-quality baymen-ijy7ye2r Members of the...
Aug 30, 2022
Stony Brook project helped restore Shinnecock Bay clam population, report says
By Mark Harringtonmark.harrington@newsday.comMHarringtonNews Mark Harrington, a Newsday reporter since 1999, covers energy, wineries,...
Aug 1, 2022
Rebuilding A Collapsed Bivalve Population
Restoring Seagrass Meadows, and Eradicating Harmful Algal Blooms In A Temperate Lagoon Using Spawner Sanctuaries After ten years of...
Jun 24, 2022
Shinnecock Bay Recovery Celebrated With ‘Hope Spot’ Distinction
The Southhampton Press Thursday June 26, 2022 NewsBreak, reposted article by 27 East, 6/8/22 https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2630462473051...
Jun 6, 2022
Shinnecock Bay gets Hope Spot designation for work done to restore it
Newsday, 6/6/22 Shinnecock Bay gets Hope Spot designation for work done to restore it https://www.newsday.com/long-island/environment/shi...
Jun 1, 2022
Shinnecock Bay Recognized as A New Global “Hope Spot”
The international distinction results from SoMAS fieldwork and places the bay in a league with iconic locations like The Galapagos:...
Sep 30, 2021
Important Milestone Reached in Shinnecock Bay
ShiRP's Gobler Laboratory just finished a one year effort to plant 1.5 million adult hard clams into the bay as part of NY State's Long...
May 6, 2021
Cernadas-Martín Is a Champion for Marine and Human Diversity
Sara Cernadas-Martín is a self-described interdisciplinary scientist with knowledge spanning the fields of marine biology, molecular...
May 6, 2021
A new 'set it-and-forget it' crop may help LI's aqua farmers — and its bays, too
By Mark Harrington - May 7, 2021 3:04 PM "It was just an incredible experience to watch this plant grow from mere millimeters when we...
May 1, 2021
SBU Scientists Take a Multi-Faceted Approach to Restoring Shinnecock Bay
Shinnecock Bay bears the name of an indigenous people, but due to human activity it bears little resemblance to what it once was when it...
Mar 22, 2021
Doctoral Student Working to Restore Shellfish Population
Shellfish couldn' have a better friend than Stephen Tomasetti, a doctoral student in marine science at Stony Brook University's School of...
Feb 28, 2021
Southampton To Share in Nature Conservancy Oyster Restoration Funding
The Nature Conservancy on Tuesday, February 28, announced that Southampton Town would receive a portion of $6.3 million in new funding...
Sep 19, 2020
Suffolk lawmakers set to vote on requiring advanced septic systems for new construction
By Denise Civiletti - Sep 2, 2020, 5:43 pmRiverhead Local New homes built in unsewered areas of Suffolk County next year will be required...
May 27, 2020
Dr. Gobler's annual State of the Bays
Researchers: Dissolved Oxygen and pH Policy Leave Fisheries at Risk News Stonybrook Stony Brook University's Christopher J. Gobler,...
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