Bay Scallops

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Support Bay Scallop Restoration by Donating to our Bay Scallop Fund

3% Cover the Fee

Contributions at all levels will be directed toward our Bay Scallop restoration, research, and education initiatives. Back to the Bays is an Initiative of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, a registered 501(c)(3). Our EIN is 11-6081424 and contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Adopt a Bay Scallop

Help restore Bay Scallops to our bays!

  • $50 ~ Supports bay scallop research

  • $100 ~ Produces 1,000 seed scallops 

Support Bay Scallop research and aquaculture efforts in our hatchery and grow-out sites. Scallops are an important link in the marine food-chain, and filter-feed on microscopic algae, improving water quality and clarity. Hatchery-raised juvenile scallops seeded in our sanctuaries can help restore wild populations.
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$50.00

Support bay scallop research, and aquaculture efforts to enhance wild populations.

Your $50 contribution helps support bay scallop research!

As a thank you gift, please enjoy this mug, depicting our local Bay Scallop - featuring artwork produced for our new Long Island Marine + Coastal Field Guide, by CCE Marine resident artist Carolyn Munaco.

Mugs are printed on demand, and will be automatically shipped for free, to the address provided. If you would like 100% of your donation to directly support Back to the Bays' scallop restoration efforts, you can opt out of the girt, by making a tax-deductible donation to our Bay Scallop Fund at backtothebays.org/bay-scallops

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Adopt a Bay Scallop T
$100.00

Support bay scallop research, and aquaculture efforts to enhance wild populations.

Your $100 contribution produces 1,000 seed scallops to be planted in our sanctuaries.

As a thank you gift, please enjoy this organic cotton T-shirt, depicting our local Bay Scallop - featuring artwork produced for our new Long Island Marine + Coastal Field Guide, by CCE Marine resident artist Carolyn Munaco.

T-shirts are printed on demand, and will be automatically shipped for free, to the address provided. If you would like 100% of your donation to directly support Back to the Bays' scallop restoration efforts, you can opt out of the girt, by making a tax-deductible donation to our Bay Scallop Fund at backtothebays.org/bay-scallops.

Scallop Blogs

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Bivalve Blog: Welcoming the Spring (Hatchery) Season
Bivalve Blog: Welcoming the Spring (Hatchery) Season
SAG HARBOR SHELLFISH: THAT’S A WRAP FOR 2025!
SAG HARBOR SHELLFISH: THAT’S A WRAP FOR 2025!
Plant and Paddle: With our Friends at Rooted Hospitality Group
Plant and Paddle: With our Friends at Rooted Hospitality Group
Long Island Marine and Coastal Field Guide
Long Island Marine and Coastal Field Guide
Seeding Bay Scallops in Sag Harbor
Seeding Bay Scallops in Sag Harbor

Our Back to the Bays team and CCE experts were joined by 2 VIP donors and the press, for our annual bay scallop seeding in Sag Harbor Shoals eelgrass sanctuary.

Shellfish 101
Shellfish 101

Shellfish 101 - first Stewardship Session of the season

A Most Thankful Harvest
A Most Thankful Harvest

When the 2023 scallop season opened in New York State waters on Monday, November 6, it seemed like the East End harvest was going to be a meager one for the fifth consecutive year – but Shelter Island’s baymen and residents joyously embraced a few bountiful days once town waters opened the following week.

Scallop News

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Back to the Bays Plants Scallops; Hopes To Harvest Donations With May 30 Fundraiser - The Southampton Press
Back to the Bays Plants Scallops; Hopes To Harvest Donations With May 30 Fundraiser - The Southampton Press

Back to the Bays plants Scallops to collect donations for our 2nd annual Brew for the Bay, brought to you by the Back to the Bays Team and Kidd Squid Brewing Co. Proceeds from beer sales will directly support the shellfish and habitat restoration work being conducted in the waters off of Sag Harbor through Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program's Back to the Bays Initiative.

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Biologists express renewed optimism for Peconic Bay scallops - WSHU Public Radio
Biologists express renewed optimism for Peconic Bay scallops - WSHU Public Radio

After multiple consecutive years of seasonal dieoffs among the bay scallop populations, a small subset expressing strong survivability has been documented. The CCE Marine researchers and hatchery team will be working to assess those genetics and is embarking on a series of spawns using those adults as broodstock.

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Town funds shellfish restoration: $200,000 comes from water committee’s money - Shelter Island Reporter
Town funds shellfish restoration: $200,000 comes from water committee’s money - Shelter Island Reporter

Patience paid off this month for representatives of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program when the Town Board approved a $200,000 allocation from Water Quality Improvement money (WQI) to boost shellfish habitat restoration.

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Scientists Scramble to Help Bay Scallops Survive Climate Change - Civil Eats
Scientists Scramble to Help Bay Scallops Survive Climate Change - Civil Eats

Researchers at Stony Brook University and CCE have joined forces and begun to selectively breed Peconic Bay scallops in an effort to help them resist the effects of climate change and restore their populations.

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New effort by Cornell Cooperative Extension fights for bay scallops’ survival - The Suffolk Times
New effort by Cornell Cooperative Extension fights for bay scallops’ survival - The Suffolk Times

A new project has been launched to ensure the long-term survival of the Peconic Bay scallop by shifting spawning from summer to fall at Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Southold hatchery.

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“Bay Scallop Toss” to mark the start of an exciting new project - Town of Southampton News Flash
“Bay Scallop Toss” to mark the start of an exciting new project - Town of Southampton News Flash

Town of Southampton and Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program Partner to Give Bay Scallops a Brighter Future with Kick Off of New CPF Funded Project.

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