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Oysters

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
21 oyster spots on 5 waters. Peconic Bay alone has 13.
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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

2 spots

Southampton · 2 spots

  • Hatchery · Peconic Bay
    Conscience Point Shellfish
    Registered nonprofit hatchery at North Sea Harbor growing oyster and clam seed for Southampton's waters and selling seed on to…
    Southampton · Tours available
    Visit website
  • Education · Shinnecock Bay
    Stony Brook University — School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
    The Southampton Marine Sciences Center, home of Stony Brook's Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program — five million clams planted and 117…
    Southampton
    Visit website

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