Peconic Bay Scallop Season Off To Slow Start But Some Are Available - North Fork, NY - After years of dismal Peconic Bay scallop seasons, the morsels of deliciousness are available, just not in large quantities.
A study by Stony Brook University that measured the heartbeat of scallops found massive die-off in places like Long Island since 2019. As the entire Northeast warms, as much as three times the global average, what's happening in New York could happen in Massachusetts, scientists warn.
A study by Stony Brook University examines the drastic decline in Peconic Bay scallops since 2019 the report could be a cautionary tale for New England.
Stony Brook-led study reveals summer heatwaves and low dissolved oxygen prove deadly for northern bay scallops as fishery collapses in New York. STONY BROOK, NY, January 19, 2023 – A new study by Stony Brook University researchers published in Global Change Biology demonstrates that warming waters and heat waves have contributed to the loss of an economically and culturally important fishery, the production of bay scallops. As climate change intensifies, heat waves are becoming more and more common across the globe. In the face of such repeated events, animals will acclimate, migrate, or perish. Since 2019, consecutive summer mass die-offs of bay scallops in the Peconic Estuary on Long Island, New York, have led to the collapse of the bay scallop fishery in New York and the declaration of a federal fishery disaster, with landings down more than 99 percent. This study led by Stony Brook School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) graduate, Stephen Tomasetti, PhD, currently