William Painter – North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association

TOWN OYSTER BAY / NORTH OYSTER BAY BAYMEN ASSOC. SEED PROGRAM

Many people that pass by our shellfish program are always asking the question, "what is that bubbling?" It is a shellfish dock called a FLUPSY ( floating upweller system) What is that? It is a shellfish float operated by North [...]

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

A BAYMEN'S BOAT On any giving day you will always spot a baymen harvesting shellfish from their boat in the Oyster Bay Harbor. Most boats range from 18' to 24' in length and are all open deck boats that allows [...]

FEAR THE FRANKENSTEIN SHELLFISH!

For Centuries, Oyster Bay Harbor was one of the biggest producers of naturally occurring clams and oysters in New York. In just the last century, however, Oyster Bay's natural oyster population has been wiped out by big industry shellfish companies and it's natural [...]

CLAM WARS – IN A NUTSHELL

CLAM WARS - ever since the Town of Oyster Bay began leasing the harbors bay bottom to commercial shell fishermen, there have been wars. Wars between the traditional hand-rake clammers and the industrial shellfish dredge company. Why the wars? Because [...]