Long Island University researchers have encouraging news about Long Island’s scallop population in the Peconic Bay fishery. Dr. Stephen Tettelbach, professor of biology and head of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Peconic Bay Scallop Restoration Program, identified no signs of scallop die-offs this summer after significant declines the previous two years. His team investigates possible die-off causes, including high water temperatures, low dissolved oxygen levels, and a newly discovered bay scallop parasite.
