Marine Summer Camp Registration

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Peconic Bay Scallop

See our new Digital Education page!

Horseshoe Crab Monitoring Network

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Oysters are one of the species of shellfish raised by CCE's Aquaculture Program.

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Eelgrass Restoration

Lady crab in a Peconic Estuary eelgrass meadow.

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A lady crab protects her clutch in a Peconic Estuary eelgrass meadow.

Youth Education - Seining at Cedar Beach, Southold

Stormwater/Water Quality

Fisheries

Winter flounder in a Long Island Sound eelgrass meadow.

A winter flounder swims through a Long Island Sound eelgrass meadow.

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Atlantic silversides are important prey items for larger predatory fish and shorebirds.

CCE Marine

Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour at our state of the art shellfish hatchery at SCMELC (Suffolk County Marine Environmental Learning Center) in Southold. Tour will be led by aquaculture and algae specialist and hatchery manager, Joshua Perry. Guests will get a close-up look at how we raise clams, scallops, and oysters from algae production, to shellfish spawning, to deployment in natural waters.
	2022 Back to the Bays Lecture Series kicked off on April 19 at the Greenport Harbor Brewery's Peconic Location! You can enjoy this series on the 1st Tuesday of each month for the rest of 2022! More information here.

	Our 2022 membership drive is underway! By becoming a member of the Back to the Bays Initiative, you will be directly supporting the efforts of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County’s Marine Program. More information here.
We have officially launched the On the Water + In the Field Blog! This is where we'll be showcasing the many projects and initiatives of the CCE Marine Team, and providing the most recent updates on our applied research, restoration, and education activities. More information here.
	ArtSea Nights + Brush Strokes for the Bays Painting Sessions These crowd-pleasing "create and sip" events allow guests to learn about our local marine environment while creating a bay- themed work of art! More information here.
Want to volunteer for CCE Marine? Contact Hazel Wodehouse for more information.

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Our waters are an integral part of life for us, making Long Island a desirable place to live. The Marine Program, which became part of CCE-Suffolk in 1985, is known and respected nationally and internationally. Its mission is to protect our waters, providing a clean environment for our fish, fowl, and plants.

Our researchers and educator inform Long Islanders how we can each do our part to safeguard our environment. Projects have been designed to bring back our once thriving eelgrass and shellfish populations, ensure our commercial fishing industry continues to thrive while limiting bycatch, provide public education about the environmental consequences of stormwater runoff, and introduce our young people to marine sciences and marine life on Long Island.

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Back to the Bays Day • Strong's Marine Mattituck

Back to the Bays Day is BACK and this year Strong’s Yacht Club will be hosting this family friendly event centered on music, art, shellfish and FUN! Free Admission!

Youth Marine Summer Camps

Our marine themed summer day camps are run out of several sites throughout Suffolk County and provide marine science based programming to children 6-14 years old.

Aquaculture

The overall goal of CCE's Aquaculture Program is to help ensure that shellfish populations remain healthy and sustainable so that commercial harvesting can continue and remain profitable and recreational harvesting also continue...

East End Education

East End Education offers youth education programming at Tiana Bayside Facility in Hampton Bays and the Suffolk County Environmental Learning Center in Southold.

Unified Water Study

An educational experience helping to collect data on various water quality parameters at sunrise from May through October (there will be 4 events per month). Participants can attend as many or as few events as they choose, however, due to limited sp

Marine Meadows Program

See how you can get involved in habitat restoration! There are upcoming volunteer workshops to build tortilla planting units that our SCUBA divers will install.