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East End residents and visitors are being warned by state officials not to eat any shellfish or certain predators of shellfish harvested from western Shinnecock Bay, because of high concentrations of toxic algae that are blooming in the bay.
The state this week expanded its warning against eating shellfish from western Shinnecock to include warnings against eating conch, whelk, or the so-called “tamale” of crabs or lobsters taken from the area as well.
A ban on the harvesting of shellfish from the waters west of the Ponquogue Bridge was put in place last week after a species of a bloom of red algae that produces a biotoxin that can be harmful, or even fatal, to humans reached higher levels than had ever been detected in the bay.
The algae, Alexandrium, naturally produces a... more
The state this week expanded its warning against eating shellfish from western Shinnecock to include warnings against eating conch, whelk, or the so-called “tamale” of crabs or lobsters taken from the area as well.
A ban on the harvesting of shellfish from the waters west of the Ponquogue Bridge was put in place last week after a species of a bloom of red algae that produces a biotoxin that can be harmful, or even fatal, to humans reached higher levels than had ever been detected in the bay.
The algae, Alexandrium, naturally produces a... more
