Stephen Tettelbach Archives - Shelter Island Reporter

12/01/19 3:00pm

Figuring out the scallop die-off

by Times Review

Braun Seafood Co., Cold Spring Pond, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Peconic Bay scallop, premium, Stephen Tettelbach, Three Mile Harbor

12/03/18 10:00am

The scallop industry here has a rich past — Tracing the importance of the tasty morsels

by Charity Robey

SHELTER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY PHOTO
Alfred Tuthill in Peconic Bay, 1949 in a catboat, the scallopers’ vessel of choice at the time.

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 an archive of shellfishing ephemera and Native American history, a collection that feels like a room at the American Museum of Natural History. (more…)

American Museum of Natural History, Braun Seafood, Cutchogue, Long Island University, Luchow’s, Oysterponds Historical Society, Paul “the Blacksmith” Nossolik, Peconic Bay scallop, Sardi’s, smoked eel, Stephen Tettelbach, the 21 Club, the Peconic Estuary, U.S. Fish Commission Repor

11/27/17 4:30pm

Rescuing a regional treasure: Biologists, baymen bringing back Peconic Bay scallops

by Charity Robey

CHARITY ROBEY PHOTO Bayman Steve Lenox throwing out the first dredge of the 2017 scallop season.

CHARITY ROBEY PHOTO Bayman Steve Lenox throwing out the first dredge of the 2017 scallop season.

Last week the veil was lifted on a question at the center of the East End’s culture as well as its economy: How many Peconic Bay scallops made it through algae blooms, whelk attacks, underwater landslides and onto dinner tables this season? (more…)

Alice’s Fish Market, Barcelona, Cedar Light, Cornell Marine Resources Specialist, Long Island University, New York State Department of Conservation, Northwest Harbor, Sag Harbor, Scott Hughes, Southold Fish Market, Split Rock, Stephen Tettelbach, Steve Lenox, the Peconic Bay scallop