First Kelp Crop Harvested in Cornell Pilot Program
by Nicole Smith (Riverhead News-Review) Early Thursday afternoon, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski climbed aboard a barge and headed into the Peconic Bay. Their mission: to harvest sugar kelp, a type of seaweed.
The officials participated in the first harvest of Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program’s pilot Peconic Estuary Seaweed Aquaculture Feasibility Study, which is funded in part through Suffolk County.
It is designed to assess the feasibility of a commercial kelp business on Long Island, as well as to eliminate copious amounts of nitrogen in local bodies of water, including both Peconic and Gardiners bays, something Mr. Bellone said would have “a really positive impact on our bays and waterways.” READ MORE
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