Southold Town Trustee Dredging Priority List 2010

At the July 21 Town Trustees meeting, Dave Bergen reported the following wish list for Suffolk County dredging. Note that neither Wickham or West Creek has permits in place so it is doubtful that they will have permits in time for the dredging window. Also remember that Southold is only one of 5 towns submitting [...]

How many fish can you catch and keep?

‘Tis the season Whether you’re casting off the beach, fishing from your kayak, 14’ Starcraft or a 36’ Off-shore Grady White, you need to be concerned with what and how many fish you can catch/keep. (If you are that lucky.) There have been some changes implemented this year that affect New York State recreational fishing [...]

Moorings in Richmond Creek

John Kramer took a ride with a SoutholdVOICE member who wanted to show him the situation in Richmond Creek. He, too, has been on the list for a permit to moor his boat for 8 years, just like the man he wrote about last month. The mooring area in Richmond Creek is a deep oval near the end of the entrance channel, big enough to moor at least 6 and maybe 8 boats. There are presently 2 moorings there, one occupied and one not. He spoke to Jill Doherty, Chairperson of the Trustees, about this and she said…..

NYS Fishing License not required BUT, National Saltwater Angler Registry IS!

New York State backed off the license requirements as a direct result of the actions of our Trustees and those of the other East End towns, but, you are required to have a Federal Registration card to fish for Striped Bass or fish in Federal waters from 3-200 miles offshore. Registration is free (this year) [...]

Trustee’s Meeting April 22

At the previous nite’s Town Board Hearing about the Dock in the Bays regulations, I objected that the proposal would eliminate the 41 existing docks over time because if they were damaged by a Hurricane or winter ice, they would have to conform to this new standard and, that being impossible, would be prohibited from [...]

UPDATE: Dock Ban Underwater

The house was about 80% full on Tuesday at the Dock Ban Hearing. SoutholdVOICE Chair John Kramer attended, spoke and reports here on events for those who couldn’t attend. Supervisor Russell stated at the outset that their purpose was to listen and use the input to further modify and correct a lot of the problems with the proposal as it stands. They heard in very certain terms from many eloquent and knowledgeable shore dwelling taxpayers that the regulation as proposed is unreasonable, a needless burden to the waterfront owner, unnecessary, as there is no rush of applicants, and insulting to the public with it’s pseudo-scientific approach. Read John’s report in full on the blog, watch on TV Channel 22 or view the video of the meeting by copying and pasting into your browser: http://bit.ly/Y9jgi (1 hour in)

April 21st Public Hearing on Dock Regs

Read this important post and block out the date on your calendar! It’s everything you need to know about the proposed New Dock Regulations, scheduled for Public Hearing on April 21st at 7.35pm. SoutholdVOICE Chair John Kramer demystifies the meaning and intention of the new legislation, providing links to key documentation.

New Dock Standards

The Dock moratorium expired again on Feb. 19 and the Planning Board Office has put out a one page standard for the construction of docks in Peconic Bay and Gardiners Bay. John Kramer FOILED the map overlays and we now have them on this site.

Ecosystem-Based Management

Join the forum discussion on this post – (2) Posts Report by Dave Bergen on the Ecosystem-Based Management Seminar, Feb 26th in Greenport First off, I apologize in advance for the length of this post, but like the program, the information was (is) very complex, complicated and difficult in some ways to grasp. I attended [...]

Does anyone else think this is very strange?

FURTHER TO THE DOCK MORATORIUM AND MARK TERRY’S PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD: On Wed. 12/3 at about 10 am, I go to the Planning Dept. to get a copy of the handout that Mark Terry distributed to the public and those attending his briefing to the Town Board on 12/2/08. I thought that was [...]

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