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Notice! How to legally harvest Blue Crabs

Posted on August 2, 2020August 2, 2020 by

Harvesting Blue Crabs at Georgica Pond is a time honored tradition. For the past week there has been an overcrowding of crabbers in violation of the Town Code rules on shellfishing. The marine patrol has stepped up their patrols and … Read more

Posted in eNewsletter Tagged blue crab, crabbing, town code

September Sampling on Georgica Pond

Posted on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 by

Dr. Brad Peterson of the Peterson Lab at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SOMAS) and his Ph.D. student, Stephen Heck, spent a week on the pond in September after the pond had closed. They sampled fish, … Read more

Posted in eNewsletter Tagged blue crab, gps, perch

Blue Crab and Fish Populations at Georgica Pond

Posted on July 31, 2017March 30, 2018 by

Meet Dr. Bradley Peterson

Friends of Georgica Pond (FOGP) are happy to welcome Dr. Bradley Peterson to the Georgica Pond Team. An Associate Professor at Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SOMAS), Dr. Peterson is an expert

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Posted in eNewsletter Tagged blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, trustees

On Georgica Pond

Posted on May 16, 2016April 6, 2018 by

Posted in the Letters to the Editor of the East Hampton Star,

On Georgica Pond

East Hampton
May 16, 2016

Dear David,

The Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation would like to clarify and respond to concerns that were raised in … Read more

Posted in Press Tagged blue crab, gobler, harvester, macroalgae

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