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Mecox (Bridgehampton)

Meacox is connected with a farming district and inland bay at Bridgehampton. The modern spelling Mecox remains attached to Mecox Bay and the surrounding Bridgehampton landscape. Resources remembered by Shinnecock elders The Shinnecock Environmental Department’s 2014 catalogue names Mecox Bay in its resource accounts. These sections preserve the places named in that 2014 community record. Present-day access, abundance, and harvesting rules may differ. Northern puffer / blowfish The catalogue remembers blowfish as food and names Shinnecock Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Mecox Bay area, showing how fishing knowledge spanned protected bays and the ocean shore. PDF p. 2 . Blue-claw and lady crabs Crabbing is described as long-standing Shinnecock work along the water’s edge. The entry distinguishes blue-claw crabs used for food, including their soft-shell stage, from lady crabs that were not...