Fishing boats were moored at a station in Hampton Bays on Tuesday. BRYAN FINLAYSON
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The shellfishing industry in the Great South Bay is withering away and might disappear altogether unless the federal government steps in to help restore the health of the waters, government officials said last week.
At a press conference in Patchogue, Senator Charles Schumer and Brookhaven Town Supervisor Brian X. Foley called for federal relief funds for restoration of the Great South Bay. Restoration would include repopulating the bay with shellfish and would include further research of brown tide, an algae that releases a chemical that harms juvenile clams and has spread throughout the Great South Bay this year. The Moriches Bay and western parts of the Shinnecock Bay have also had their shellfish populations devastated by brown tide blooms.
In June 2005, the coastlines of Massachusetts and Maine received federal aid when... more
At a press conference in Patchogue, Senator Charles Schumer and Brookhaven Town Supervisor Brian X. Foley called for federal relief funds for restoration of the Great South Bay. Restoration would include repopulating the bay with shellfish and would include further research of brown tide, an algae that releases a chemical that harms juvenile clams and has spread throughout the Great South Bay this year. The Moriches Bay and western parts of the Shinnecock Bay have also had their shellfish populations devastated by brown tide blooms.
In June 2005, the coastlines of Massachusetts and Maine received federal aid when... more
