New Study Shows Inbreeding in Winter Flounder in Long Island's Bays
STONY BROOK, NY, July 24, 2013–Research conducted in six bays of Long Island, NY, and led by scientists from the School of Marine and...
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Jun 6, 2013
Brown tide emerges in Moriches, Quantuck, and Shinnecock Bay, but not in Great South Bay
Presence of new ocean inlet in Great South Bay may help keep brown tide in check Southampton, NY, June 7th 2013 – A brown tide has...
Jun 3, 2013
Volunteers Wanted: Become an Oyster Gardener
Westhampton-Hampton Bays PatchPosted by Erica Jackson (Editor), June 10, 2013 Help protect the Shinnecock Bay this summer. The Shinnecock...
Jun 3, 2013
SoMAS Faculty and Students Among Oyster Gardener Volunteers for SBU’s Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program
SOUTHAMPTON, NY – July 9, 2013 –Stony Brook University Professor Ellen Pikitch, a renowned expert in marine biology and conservation;...
Jun 3, 2013
The Hampton Bays Civic Association presents: The Bays of Hampton Bays Past, Present, Future?
Monday, June 17, 2013, from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm at the Southampton Town Community Center(25 Ponquoque Avenue – Across from the HB Post...
Apr 15, 2013
Professor Gobler Testifies in Support of Water Resources Development Act
Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Professor Christopher Gobler, PhD, testified before the United States...
Apr 3, 2013
Public Invited to Lend a Hand to Shinnecock Bay
Bring scissors to help prepare eelgrass for transplantation into Shinnecock Bay.Posted by Brendan J. O'Reilly (Editor)Southmpton Patch...
Mar 4, 2013
Letter: Keep inlet open for Bay health
Long Island Newsday online Regarding the new inlet in the Great South Bay ["Breach: To fill, or not to fill?" Letters, Feb. 15]: For two...
Dec 4, 2012
Clams and Grass to the Rescue
New York Times Editorial Shinnecock Bay, a wide stretch of water on the south shore of eastern Long Island, is lovely to look at but...
Nov 3, 2012
A Salve for the Seas
The Ocean Health Index was Commissioned To Give a Comprehensive View Of How We Can Improve Our Waters Both Globally and at Home on the...
Oct 3, 2012
Shinnecock Bay Restoration Project Moves Forward
By Emily Toy Marine scientists and directors from Stony Brook University, state, town and village officials, and environmental advocates...
Oct 3, 2012
SBU scientists work to restore balance of nature
Shinnecock Bay gets help from Christopher Gobler, Ellen Pikitch and their teamTime Beacon Recordby Daniel Dunalef Christopher Gobler is...
Aug 3, 2012
Stony Brook University Receives $3 Million For Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program
Five year environmental investment and academic initiative seeks to reverse Bay’s decline The once rich shellfish beds of Shinnecock Bay...
Aug 3, 2012
Red Tide Returns, With A Deadly New Twist
Blooms of a “red tide” algae stained the East End’s bays once again this week, the ninth straight year the organism known as cochlodinium...
Aug 3, 2012
Stony Brook Univ. students get grant to clean up Shinnecock Bay
Students at Stony Brook University's Southampton campus received a multimillion grant to help them study the Shinnecock Bay. The $3...
Aug 3, 2012
Western Shinnecock Bay Is Sterile, Thanks To Human Proximity, Scientists Say
The whole of western Shinnecock Bay has effectively become a dead zone for shellfish and other marine organisms, according to marine...
Aug 3, 2012
Stony Brook Gets $3 Million To Restore Western Shinnecock
Publication: The Southampton PressBy Michael Wright U.S. Representative Tim Bishop. photo: DANA SHAW The Stony Brook University School of...
Jun 3, 2012
Brown Tide Chokes Western Shinnecock Bay
A destructive “brown tide” algae bloom has once again swept across western Shinnecock Bay, the Quogue Canal and eastern Moriches Bay, and...
Jun 3, 2012
Harmful Algae Have the Right Genetic Stuff Brown Tide Research Initiative
The Spring 2012 issue of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's Oceanus magazine includes the feature article "Harmful Algae Have the Right...
May 3, 2012
Environmental Conservation has reopened
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has reopened shellfishing in the Shinnecock Bay after closing it off April...
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