Moriches Bay
| Moriches Bay | ||
|---|---|---|
Primary inflows Moriches and Shinnecock Inlets | | |
| Primary outflows | Atlantic Ocean | |
Moriches Bay (/moʊˈrɪtʃɪz/ ⓘ moh-RITCH-iz)[1] is a lagoon system on the south shore of Long Island, New York. The name Moriches comes from Meritces, a Native American who owned land on Moriches Neck.[2]
Two townships in
Southampton
) share its shoreline.
Moriches Bay is east of the
Shinnecock Bay
. The bay is 62 miles (100 km) east of New York City.
Moriches Bay has a body of water of 9,480-acre (3,840 ha) of aquatic environment.
This includes Moneybogue Bay and Quantuck Bay, its
intertidal flats
.
This body of water is between the
Outer barrier islands and Long Island mainland. Its flow comes from the Moriches and Shinnecock
Inlets)
The western boundary of this bay is the Smith Point Bridge; the eastern boundary is the eastern edge of Quantuck Bay.[3] This bayside habitat includes the tidal creeks and
marshes
feeding into Moriches Bay from the Long Island mainland.
A thriving habitat off the Atlantic Ocean, the Moriches Bay is used by Long Islanders for local fishing.[4][5] It is a natural habitat for
waterbirds, beach-nesting birds, migratory shorebirds, raptors
, and rare plants.
The
U.S. Supreme Court) that the land grants in the Dongan (Governor of New York) patents (Islip, Brookhaven, Southampton and East Hampton Towns, 1686) are valid. However, since 1968 the federal government has been attempting to take title of and lay claim to, by adverse possession
, the bay bottoms of Islip and Brookhaven towns extending outward from the barrier beach.
See also
References
- ISBN 0806135980. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ISBN 9781113546449.
- ^ "Moriches Bay, Complex #13". Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Bight Watershed. United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
- ^ "Fishing". Silly Lily Fishing Station. Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ Gustavson, Mark. "Fly Fishing for Moriches Bay Stripers".