FRIENDS OF BELLPORT BAY INC

FRIENDS OF BELLPORT BAY INC Our mission is to Improve the water quality of Bellport Bay. Donate Our OrganizationFind out about our organization, mission, our methods, and the results of our work.Learn More → Take ActionReady to take the next step? You can become a contributor to our cause, or participate yourself.Find out how → Click here for a slide presentation on FoBB's mission & initiatives! Long Island Advance on September 4, 2025 <img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5977b6626a49634b3d78501c/1767981283699-BVMQX6Q424RLQCA91RPY/Screenshot+2026-01-09+at+7.51.32+PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-09 at 7.51.32 PM.png" /> Click here to read more. Newsday August 3, 2023 FoBB collaborates with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County on a new Spat-on-Shell (“SOS”) initiative. Video Credit: Gregg Rivara, 2024Cornell Aquaculture Specialist Gregg Rivara on his bi-annual SCUBA dive, assessing FoBB's shellfish plantings in the Shellfish Management Area of Bellport Bay (managed by FoBB for the Town of Brookhaven).Gregg confirmed that our filter feeding oysters and bivalves (approximately 4.8 million to date) are healthy and thriving on the Bay bottom, with a 75% survival rate; restoring the ecosystem, filtering water, and creating habitat for other marine creatures. In 2020, Friends of Bellport Bay partnered with The Nature Conservancy and The Pew Charitable Trusts to purchase tens of thousands of large, spawning overstock oysters from local shellfish farmers whose businesses were affected by the coronavirus pandemic, and planted them in our protected shellfish management area. They continue to filter and clean the water in Bellport Bay. CLICK HERE for "Bellport Inlet" Updates - The Inlet was created by Hurricane Sandy after being closed for 150 years. It had previously existed as the opening to the ocean that facilitated Bellport being one of only two whaling towns on Long Island (the other being Sag Harbor). The inlet re-closed in 2023. IRS Tax ID Number 82-1658902