2025 Lease Application Cycle
PUBLIC NOTICE & REQUEST FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS
ON PROPOSED AQUACULTURE LEASE SITES
| Issue Date: March 3, 2025
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Expiration Date: May 2, 2025
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The Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning has received a total of five (05) applications for aquaculture lease sites solicited under the 2025 Lease Application Cycle. Two (02) applications were submitted by aspiring new shellfish farmers, each interested in obtaining one 10-acre lease. Two (02) applications were submitted by existing successful shellfish farmers seeking to obtain a second 10-acre lease. One (01) application was submitted by an existing shellfish farmer seeking to relocate their existing lease to an alternative location.
Each applicant was permitted to propose up to three (3) lease sites in their respective applications, this notice includes a total of fourteen (14) proposed sites for leasing. While all proposed sites are located within the adopted Shellfish Cultivation Zone; each applicant may only receive one of their proposed lease sites under 2025 Lease Application.
To view a map showing all lease sites proposed and currently leased please click here.
Comments regarding the proposed lease sites must be prepared in writing and mailed to the contact person listed below. All comments must be post marked by May 2, 2025. Such comments should be targeted to a specific lease site(s) by referencing the applicable Lease Site Map ID #(s). The comments should include supporting documentation and data to the maximum extent possible. Those parties raising an objection to the leasing of a particular site or sites based on reasons of natural productivity and commercial fishery should send a notarized letter, stating the reason(s) for the objection.
Contact:
Suffolk County Department of Economic Development & Planning
Aquaculture Lease Program
H. Lee Dennison Bldg. – 2nd Floor
100 Veterans Memorial Highway
P.O. Box 6100
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099
Attention: Mr. Thomas Ralicky – Environmental Planner
Hard copies of this Public Notice and the lease application summary sheets shall be available for review at the following locations:
- Suffolk County Dept. of Economic Development & Planning (Hauppauge)
- Office of the Suffolk County Clerk (Riverhead)
- NYSDEC, Division of Marine Resources Office (Kings Park)
- Town Clerk Offices:
| - Babylon
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- Riverhead
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| - Brookhaven
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- Shelter Island
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| - East Hampton
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- Smithtown
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| - Huntington
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- Southampton
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| - Islip
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- Southold
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- Town Trustee Offices:
| - East Hampton
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- Southampton
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- Southold
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The Public Notice shall be published in the following newspapers.
- Dan’s Papers
- Shelter Island Report
- Smithtown Messenger
- Southampton Press
- Suffolk County News
If you have any questions or need information with respect to lease site availability, please contact Thomas Ralicky by phone at 631-853-4865 or email at Thomas.Ralicky@SuffolkCountyNY.gov.