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~ The Peconic Bay Shopper dated August 2023 ~ re: Seaeed & More...
... If You Will See This You Will Read An Update Regarding Seaweed As Well As Peconic's Rosalind Case Newell ~
BY DANNY McCARTHY
As a regular contributor for The Peconic Bay Shopper, I was delighted to find a free copy of The Peconic Bay Shopper dated AUGUST 2023 at the Country Corner Luncheonette. Within the Calendar of Events on page 19 is discussion of seaweed.
"ALL ABOUT SEAWEED AQUACULTURE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 {2023}
EAST MARION COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FORUM
10am at the East Marion Firehouse.
Seaweeds are an important component of our coastal waters. Learn about the basic biology and ecology of seaweeds and historic human uses of seaweeds and the current development of the seaweed aquaculture industry on Long Island. Presenter Stephen Schott, who was raised in East Marion, is Marine Botany/Habitat Restoration Educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County’s Marine Program. He h olds a B.S. in Botany and M.S. in Biology from the University of Rhode Island focusing on marine plants and seaweeds. He works on seagrass restoration and monitoring, shoreline and tidal marsh restoration, and seaweed aquacultu:re."
https://patch.com/new-york/nor...
* Beginning of page 16 in The Peconic Bay Shopper dated AUGUST 2023 is information regarding Rosalind Case Newell's Rose Remembers:
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Rose Remembers:
The link reads out of stock !:
Find out what's happening in North Forkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Here's A Rose of the Nineties:
A Rose of the Nineties is also availABle from amazon.com:
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~ from DAN’s PAPERS dated October 13, 2003’s Page 25 included: “East End Seaweed Cultivation Program Taking Root BY TIMOTHY BOLGER”… as "my-take"~
BY DANNY McCARTHY
Requests For Proposals (RFP) in October 2023 were “issued” by Suffolk County officials “to develop a new seaweed cultivation program in Peconic Bay and Gardiners Bay to faster an emerging aquaculture industry and improve local water quality."
The program is in “partnership with Stony Brook University” & AN “aquaculture program for shellfish that has the same goals.”
“New York State approved legislation authorizing the expansion of this program {I guess that’s the AN aquaculture program?} to include the cultivation of seaweed “used for food, animal feed and fertilizer.” “The county currently manages 43 leased- and lease sites across 570 acres of bay bottom across the Peconic Estuary.”
“‘The growing number of these crops have many environmental benefits including removing nitrogen and cleaning our waters,’” said “Robert Carpenter, Director” {Hm! Director of Suffolk County?} Rob Carpenter is Chairperson of Grange/Farm Bureau
