Pages tagged Great South Bay
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Great South Bay
The bay behind Fire Island that named the Blue Point. Its oysters collapsed between 1940 and 1980; Islip's hatchery and leased plots are bringing farmed ones back.
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Blue Point
The Great South Bay name that became shorthand for any Eastern oyster. What a 1908 law said, and where most 'Blue Points' come from now.