"True" Blue Point oysters from Long Island's Great South Bay making a comeback
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Newsday] By Sophia Chang - September 25, 2014 -
A famous local bivalve is making a big comeback.
Islip Town officials hailed the resurgence of the Blue Point oyster, which has flourished in the past two years in the Great South Bay and is ready for harvest this fall.
While impostor Blue Point oysters dominate seafood menus across the region, baymen say a rarely-enforced state law dictates that true Blue Point oysters must come from the Great South Bay - a harvest that hasn't happened in decades due to overfishing.
"This is the first time in 30 years a true Blue Point oyster has been grown in the Great South Bay," said bayman Doug Winter at a news conference yesterday at the Great Atlantic Shellfish Farms near the East Islip marina.
Islip Town Supervisor Tom Croci expects that with more acreage available for leasing in the future, the bay could be producing up to a million farmed oysters in the next few years.
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