![]() If you would like to make a donation to SPAT: Print Form or Online Form. Over 1,000 people have taken part in this program and it continues to grow each year. Our volunteers maintain their own hatchery (the"SPAT Shack"), and nursery. In exchange for a minimal fee, all permits are secured and members may keep their oysters for their personal use. Volunteers and members are offered monthly workshops and provided with shellfish seed and necessary tools and supplies to grow their shellfish gardens either at their own waterfront or in the SPAT community garden. Seed oysters usually start out around half a millimeter in size and quickly grow to several millimeters in just weeks. Reach an adult size when they release their spawn into local creeks and Grow minuscule shellfish (oyster, Crassostrea virginica) - in containment, away from predators, until they To augment the limited staff of the Cornell Marine Program, volunteers The SPAT program was created to encourage community members to become stewards of their environment and to restore shellfish to the bays. "Spat" is the word for the tiniest form of shellfish that has settled onto the place where it will live out its life. SPAT starts up in late spring and runs until about Thanksgiving time, when you can winterize your oysters. Our facility is closed on the weekends and holidays. SPAT does not operate on other days/times. Our hours of operation are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings between 8 a.m. ![]() SPAT operates from the SCMELC (Suffolk County Marine Environmental Learning Center) at 3690 Cedar Beach Road, Southold, NY 11971. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest> SPAT Program
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