Hatchery · Lake Montauk
East Hampton Town Shellfish Hatchery
Municipal hatchery on Fort Pond Bay that plants seed clams, oysters and scallops into Lake Montauk, Napeague, Three Mile and…
Montauk · Tours available
Visit websiteOysters
Oyster farms, raw bars and the Peconic merroir, from the bays to your plate.
- Peconic Bay 13
- Gardiners Bay 3
- Shinnecock Bay 2
- Southold Bay 2
- Lake Montauk 1
Filters1 oyster spot
- Working farm / hatchery
- Raw bar / fish market
- Farm + raw bar on site
From the bays01 / 21
The Peconics grow some of the best oysters on the Atlantic. Visit the farmers.
All oyster spots- Merroir · Why they taste like this
- Salinity, minerals, algae
- R-months · The old raw rule
- September–April
- Bay scallops · 1985 brown tide
- Collapsed, still recovering
Hatcheries in Southold, Montauk and North Sea reseed the wild beds with millions of juveniles a year · most working farms take visitors by appointment · wear boots, bring cash, plan to get wet
1 spot
Montauk · 1 spot