Another rough year reported for Peconic Bay scallop season
The scallop harvest season started today and continues through March 31.
News 12 Staff
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Nov 2, 2020, 4:28 PM
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Updated 1,270 days ago
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4ds agoAnother die-off of Peconic Bay scallops is being
reported.
The
scallop harvest season started today and continues through March 31.
News 12 is hearing it’s another rough year following
the historic die-off last year.
Some
of factors that may have contributed is a parasite, the presence of predatory
cow-nosed rays which eat scallops, warmer waters, and low dissolved oxygen
levels during summer spawning season.
The
impact will be felt in the local economy, hitting baymen, local markets that
sell them and numerous restaurants hard.
