before the inlet there was kind of no
life in bellport Bay and now whatever we
get will be some life even if the
endless stays open it’s got its work cut
out for it to keep up with what’s coming
off the north side of the bay people and
population and lawns and lawn
fertilizers and swimming pools in that
it can only help even as making a living
I left working the water in Bellport in
the early 80s and hopefully something
will grow back and I can go back to it
it’s kind of nice to be able to get out
of bed and be five minutes from your job
hurricane sandy was an event it was hard
to miss when you’re living here after
the hurricane went by the news spread
that there was a breach here
because of all the people who live here
and the their septic systems and the
fertilizing of the lawns and things of
this sort in this part of Long Island in
suffolk county there is a lot of
nutrients that flow into the bay was a
big build-up over the last 20 30 years
it is impacted the bay by promoting
algal blooms of various type and the
opening of the bay has increased the
exchange of the ocean enormously and the
nutrients have gone down the last time
there was an inlet in this immediate
vicinity was in 1825 big enough so that
during the Revolutionary War British
warships came through right now this
Inlet can handle jet skis and lighter
motorboats old in like this just a
little bit to the west and this New
England if given enough time this New
England probably got migrated all the
way there like you look at that down and
it’s it looks like it’s almost in the
ocean right that dock was the north side
it was a long walk up to the beach and
now you get to that dock and you’re
already in the ocean it’s crazy
I just looked around and I said this has
changed forever it’s never gonna be the
same I was on the water ever since I was
big enough to stick my feet in it it was
a paradise there were a lot of fishermen
they were oysters in there were clamors
they had great big slopes that they used
to work from and they made a very good
living and supported a tremendous amount
of families on a South Shore Long Island
now we have fresh seawater in the bay is
increase the clarity of the bait the
shellfish are growing and they’re
growing rapidly and the quality of the
meat is much better than it’s been in
the last 25 years
inlets it breaches when left alone will
ultimately close numbers that people
kicked around six weeks six months or
six decades I mean they have really no
idea in 200 years another one will
happen
life in bellport Bay and now whatever we
get will be some life even if the
endless stays open it’s got its work cut
out for it to keep up with what’s coming
off the north side of the bay people and
population and lawns and lawn
fertilizers and swimming pools in that
it can only help even as making a living
I left working the water in Bellport in
the early 80s and hopefully something
will grow back and I can go back to it
it’s kind of nice to be able to get out
of bed and be five minutes from your job
hurricane sandy was an event it was hard
to miss when you’re living here after
the hurricane went by the news spread
that there was a breach here
because of all the people who live here
and the their septic systems and the
fertilizing of the lawns and things of
this sort in this part of Long Island in
suffolk county there is a lot of
nutrients that flow into the bay was a
big build-up over the last 20 30 years
it is impacted the bay by promoting
algal blooms of various type and the
opening of the bay has increased the
exchange of the ocean enormously and the
nutrients have gone down the last time
there was an inlet in this immediate
vicinity was in 1825 big enough so that
during the Revolutionary War British
warships came through right now this
Inlet can handle jet skis and lighter
motorboats old in like this just a
little bit to the west and this New
England if given enough time this New
England probably got migrated all the
way there like you look at that down and
it’s it looks like it’s almost in the
ocean right that dock was the north side
it was a long walk up to the beach and
now you get to that dock and you’re
already in the ocean it’s crazy
I just looked around and I said this has
changed forever it’s never gonna be the
same I was on the water ever since I was
big enough to stick my feet in it it was
a paradise there were a lot of fishermen
they were oysters in there were clamors
they had great big slopes that they used
to work from and they made a very good
living and supported a tremendous amount
of families on a South Shore Long Island
now we have fresh seawater in the bay is
increase the clarity of the bait the
shellfish are growing and they’re
growing rapidly and the quality of the
meat is much better than it’s been in
the last 25 years
inlets it breaches when left alone will
ultimately close numbers that people
kicked around six weeks six months or
six decades I mean they have really no
idea in 200 years another one will
happen
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