The two men who might have known how the tired old clam boat made its way from the Great South Bay to Florida's Gulf Coast are dead. Clarkson "Ollie" Richter built it and about 50 more in Babylon ...

Brookhaven Town's biennial survey of shellfish in the western portion of the Great South Bay found few reproducing clams, raising concerns about continued degradation of the marine environment.

As the year passed, parts of the Great South Bay started to look a bit more like the body of water many Long Islanders remember swimming in as children and scouring for shellfish in young adulthood.

Town officials credit the revival of the industry to privatizing its shellfish hatchery and agreeing ... oystering is now recovering on the Great South Bay. Winter said he expects this year's ...

An intense and damaging brown tide has surfaced in the Great South Bay, and it could devastate the young clam beds within the water. Dr. Chris Gobler says brown tide is back for the first time in ...

It spanned from the middle of the Great South Bay to the edge of the Shinnecock Bay — posing a potential public health risk for Long Island residents who eat shellfish or swim in those waters.