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NEW YORK: Don’t Eat Shellfish from Closed Long Island Fisheries |
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May 20, 2011 - New York State officials issued a health warning Friday for the public to avoid eating certain shellfish harvested from bays on parts of the South Fork and North Shore after marine biotoxins forced the temporary closure of shell fishing areas in those parts of Long Island.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health issued the warnings against eating carnivorous gastropods (snails, such as whelks, conchs and moonsnails) and the tomalley—a soft, green substance—of blue claw crabs and lobsters caught in Western Shinnecock Bay, Huntington Bay, Huntington Harbor, Lloyd Harbor, Northport Bay, Northport Harbor, Centerport Harbor and Duck Island Harbor. Read the complete story from Long Island Press.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
