CCE Marine Program is a part of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County located on Long Island. We are educators, researchers, specialists, and volunteers dedicated to our mission of preserving our county's vast heritage, protecting our eco-systems, supporting families, and providing our youth opportunities for community service and research-based education in science, technology, engineering and math.
Great! This helped me. I am attempting to draw a large one on a door. Thank you for adding in the educational tips for people to understand them better. They are amazing creatures. So docile!
very nice restoration...I will be sharing with a student for review, as part of her community service, and will feature it as a benchmark on coastal restoration..... thanks for all the work... positive and healing
I do sincerely appreciate the objectives of this program, however I must point out that if the oysters on the east end are having such a hard time. then cultivation efforts beyong aquaculture is a fool's errand. The bays and estuaries of the western long island sound on the connecticut shore (albeit however polluted they may be) are a far superior natural environment for oysters. Without any intervention ( hatcheries ) there is huge commercial oyster activity in Connecticut. The east end sandy soil is undoubtedly the perfect medium in which to grow potatoes. However, the east end's sandy bottom, is not the ideal environment for nurturing oysters. I suggest you set up your operation in the muddy, shallow parts of Flander's bay (that are closed shellfish areas) and place your juvenile spat where it will do a lot better.
