Aquaculture

If Suffolk County and the private sector can get their act together, however, the farming of shellfish in our bay waters could add big cash to our local economy and strengthen the ecosystem as well.

Trendy sea greens, a hip source of nutrition — fat-free, gluten-free, low-calorie, rich in minerals, vitamins and taste — are soon to be 'grown on Long Island.'

Suffolk can and must do much more to grow the aquaculture industry in its bays: 600 acres out of the 110,000 in the Peconic Estuary is comparable to the size of a postage stamp.