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 local farmers.
Southampton · Tours available
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Oyster farms, raw bars, and the Peconic merroir — from the bays to your plate.
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- Working farm / hatchery
- Raw bar / fish market
- Farm + raw bar on site
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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
- Education · Shinnecock BayStony Brook University — School of Marine & Atmospheric SciencesThe Southampton Marine Sciences Center, home of Stony Brook's Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program — five million clams planted and 117 acres of oyster reef.SouthamptonVisit website