East Hampton Town Trustees

This past week students of East Hampton High School and Springs School joined South Fork Sea Farmer’s Bob Tymann and John “Barley” Dunne, director of the East Hampton Shellfish Hatchery and SFSF along with Aubrey Peterson, the high school’s director of the Environmental Awareness Club and guidance counselor, to examine and determine what the best location would be for a site selection to create an oyster reef in Accabonac Harbor. A total of three sites are under consideration, two of those would require permits from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).

Rob Rich

Shell It Out Hamptons event in East Hampton on 5-26-19. All photos by Rob Rich.

East Hampton Town Trustees

John “Barley” Dunne, Director of The East Hampton Shellfish Hatchery and South Fork Sea Farmers shows how the new oyster seedlings that were grown at the Shellfish Hatchery, are prepared for growing in the harbor waters.

Veronica Chumbi

South Fork Sea Farmers’ 4th annual “Shell it Out” fundraiser is happening August 7, 2022 in Springs from 4pm to 6:30pm. The event features a silent auction with goods and services donated by local businesses which support the mission of South Fork Sea Farmers. Most notably, three incredible East End artists – Daniel Vernola, Aaron Warkov and Kurt Giehl – will be creating a series of pieces for the auction.

Elisabeth Brigham

Jeff Ragovin with his oyster mesh bags coming out of the water. With everyone running to the water, it’s easy to be distracted by what shines on the surface— but when you take a deeper look underneath, even more exciting things are in the works. It all began at the East Hampton Shellfish Hatchery, tells South Fork Sea Farmers head of development and local oyster grower Jeff Ragovin.

East Hampton Town Trustees

Rob Rich

East Hampton Town Trustees

Veronica Chumbi

Elisabeth Brigham