01.25.2024 Letters Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Jan. 25, 22024 An amazing turnout To the Editor: I want to extend a big “Thank You” to everyone who took time from their busy schedules to make the annual winter blood...
12.01.2019 News Figuring out the scallop die-off This season’s scallop die-off — and the resulting dismal harvest — has restaurateurs, baymen and ecologists deeply worried.
12.03.2018 News The scallop industry here has a rich past — Tracing the importance of the tasty morsels 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...
02.07.2018 News DEC decides against extending the scalloping season The last time Peconic Bay scallops were this plentiful was the winter of 2015, just before six weeks of hard weather put what should have been a five-month harvest...
11.08.2016 News Opening day: Island baymen continue an Island tradition Monday, was opening day to take bay scallops in New York State waters, an annual and important ritual for the handful of Shelter Island baymen. Long after the once-ubiquitous...