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