The town finally acknowledged our demands and moved to halt the dredging operations in the harbor. It has been a long and grueling road to get here but we succeeded in protecting the water. I am tired beyond words yet deeply relieved that this fight is behind us.
July 13, 2016
OVERALL HEALTH STUDY ON OYSTER BAY HARBOR & COMPATIBILITY STUDY ON SHELLFISH DREDGING
Final supporters
The North Oyster Bay Baymen Association (NOBBA) is in a battle to protect Oyster Bay Harbor in Oyster Bay New York.
The North Oyster Bay Baymen Association is requesting the Town Of Oyster Bay, NYDEC, EPA and USFW system to do a TOTAL Bay bottom study on the effects of Shellfish Dredging on Oyster Bay Harbor. The study should include: ***What shellfish dredging does to the marine environment. ***Sediment Suspension with Recreational Water Quality. ***Overall Health of the Oyster Bay Harbor .
Here are our reasons for the TOTAL Bay bottom study:
NOBBA wants to stop HYDRAULIC and VACUUM SHELLFISH DREDGING being done by Frank M. Flower & Son Oyster Company. Flowers Oyster Company has 5 Hydaulic Dredge Boats between 40 to 70 foot long and 2 Vacuum Dredge Boats that are 100 plus feet long. These boat work Oyster Bay Harbor 5 to 7 days a week in a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge.
1) These Dredge Boats are basically strip mining the Oyster Bay Harbor.
2) When operating these Hydaulic and Vacuum Dredge Boats, they destroy BENTHIC layer & the organisms living in it called BENTHOS.
3) The dredges rip through the Bay bottom crushing, cutting and killing all the marine life that they go over, such as fish eggs, crabs juvenile fish and mature fish of all species that come to breed in Oyster Bay Harbor.
4) The 5 Hydaulic Dredge Boat each disperse 1500 cubic yards of suspended sediment each a day, sometimes more.
5) Flowers Vacuum Dredge Boats disperse 3000 cubic yards of sediment each, everyday they are in use. This is the Harbor we are swimming in!
(Between the 7 boats 13,500 cubic yards of sediment a DAY, 94,500 a week!!! In one week that equals 2700, 18 wheeler tractor trailer trucks of sediment!!!! 140,400 truck loads a years!!!!!)
6) This shellfish dredging is happening in a USFW REFUGE, were they should be protected by government .
If need be, put a stop to shellfish dredging or change the way they harvest their shellfish.
The petition will be submitted to:
Town Of Oyster Bay, NYDEC, EPA and USFW Refuge system
For additional information : 'CLAMWARS' &'THE BAYMENS PROJECT 2014' on Youtube.
THANK YOU for caring about Oyster Bay Harbor for signing our petition.
Updates
June 14, 2016
Reaching this point has been exhausting but seeing this level of momentum reminds me why we started this fight in the first place. This struggle against the industrial dredging in our harbor is far from over. I am tired but I am not going anywhere.
Reached 100 supporters
June 14, 2016
52 Comments
It seems that this dredging has had an adverse effect on all kinds of living creatures in the area. I think it is worthwhile to learn the effects of this unnatural process is such a small area.
This is incredibly wrong. Destroying the whole ecosystem for the greed of one company. This environment needs to be protected so that is can provide abundant resources for years to come. Destroying the habitat with this destructive dredging is incredibly short sighted.
dredging in such a small but crucial marine environment like oyster bay effects the entire community for generations to come. The dredging must stop in oyster bay!
I fully stand behind the baymen and believe any shell fishing in the harbor should be done by independent baymen and not by a single corporation dredging. It just doesn't seem feasible that this dredging could not damage the integrity of our water and marine environment.
this is my home. my parents built the house 60 years ago. at the rate Flowers is dredging, Oyster Bay Cove may become No Oysters Bay
preserve the natural environment
Save Oyster Bay!
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The town finally acknowledged our demands and moved to halt the dredging operations in the harbor. It has been a long and grueling road to get here but we succeeded in protecting the water. I am tired beyond words yet deeply relieved that this fight is behind us.
July 13, 2016
OVERALL HEALTH STUDY ON OYSTER BAY HARBOR & COMPATIBILITY STUDY ON SHELLFISH DREDGING
Final supporters
The North Oyster Bay Baymen Association (NOBBA) is in a battle to protect Oyster Bay Harbor in Oyster Bay New York.
The North Oyster Bay Baymen Association is requesting the Town Of Oyster Bay, NYDEC, EPA and USFW system to do a TOTAL Bay bottom study on the effects of Shellfish Dredging on Oyster Bay Harbor. The study should include: ***What shellfish dredging does to the marine environment. ***Sediment Suspension with Recreational Water Quality. ***Overall Health of the Oyster Bay Harbor .
Here are our reasons for the TOTAL Bay bottom study:
NOBBA wants to stop HYDRAULIC and VACUUM SHELLFISH DREDGING being done by Frank M. Flower & Son Oyster Company. Flowers Oyster Company has 5 Hydaulic Dredge Boats between 40 to 70 foot long and 2 Vacuum Dredge Boats that are 100 plus feet long. These boat work Oyster Bay Harbor 5 to 7 days a week in a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge.
1) These Dredge Boats are basically strip mining the Oyster Bay Harbor.
2) When operating these Hydaulic and Vacuum Dredge Boats, they destroy BENTHIC layer & the organisms living in it called BENTHOS.
3) The dredges rip through the Bay bottom crushing, cutting and killing all the marine life that they go over, such as fish eggs, crabs juvenile fish and mature fish of all species that come to breed in Oyster Bay Harbor.
4) The 5 Hydaulic Dredge Boat each disperse 1500 cubic yards of suspended sediment each a day, sometimes more.
5) Flowers Vacuum Dredge Boats disperse 3000 cubic yards of sediment each, everyday they are in use. This is the Harbor we are swimming in!
(Between the 7 boats 13,500 cubic yards of sediment a DAY, 94,500 a week!!! In one week that equals 2700, 18 wheeler tractor trailer trucks of sediment!!!! 140,400 truck loads a years!!!!!)
6) This shellfish dredging is happening in a USFW REFUGE, were they should be protected by government .
If need be, put a stop to shellfish dredging or change the way they harvest their shellfish.
The petition will be submitted to:
Town Of Oyster Bay, NYDEC, EPA and USFW Refuge system
For additional information : 'CLAMWARS' &'THE BAYMENS PROJECT 2014' on Youtube.
THANK YOU for caring about Oyster Bay Harbor for signing our petition.
Updates
June 14, 2016
Reaching this point has been exhausting but seeing this level of momentum reminds me why we started this fight in the first place. This struggle against the industrial dredging in our harbor is far from over. I am tired but I am not going anywhere.
Reached 100 supporters
June 14, 2016
52 Comments
Those big suction boats are an eyesore and they're destroying the bay. I absolutely believe there should be lots of studies and regulations for this activity
It seems that this dredging has had an adverse effect on all kinds of living creatures in the area. I think it is worthwhile to learn the effects of this unnatural process is such a small area.
This is incredibly wrong. Destroying the whole ecosystem for the greed of one company. This environment needs to be protected so that is can provide abundant resources for years to come. Destroying the habitat with this destructive dredging is incredibly short sighted.
dredging in such a small but crucial marine environment like oyster bay effects the entire community for generations to come. The dredging must stop in oyster bay!
I fully stand behind the baymen and believe any shell fishing in the harbor should be done by independent baymen and not by a single corporation dredging. It just doesn't seem feasible that this dredging could not damage the integrity of our water and marine environment.
this is my home. my parents built the house 60 years ago. at the rate Flowers is dredging, Oyster Bay Cove may become No Oysters Bay
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Save Oyster Bay!
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Those big suction boats are an eyesore and they're destroying the bay. I absolutely believe there should be lots of studies and regulations for this activity