With financial help from a Long Island-based foundation, Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Suffolk’s Marine Program is working to ensure the long-term survival of Peconic Bay scallops by experimenting with a shift in its hatchery spawning from summer to fall.
The Robins Island Foundation is supporting CCE’s first-of-its kind initiative that hopes to boost the bay scallop’s survival rate after four successive years of mass die-offs. CCE’s Bay Scallop Restoration Program has also received ongoing support from Suffolk County – through the county’s Water Quality Protection and Restoration Program – since 2005.
