July 1, 2015 — The Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act would seek funding of $65 million for water quality and shore restoration programs. Murphy supports the bill, along with his fellow Connecticut Democrat U.S. Richard Blumenthal, and New York’s two Democratic U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer.

Frate said it was pesticide used to combat the West Nile Virus in 1998 and 1999 that decimated the Sound’s lobster population and sent it into a tailspin from which it has yet to recover.

Connecticut banned the use of some pesticides, but New York hasn’t, he said.

But Carlo said he’s noticed a rebound in the number of lobsters.

“The lobsters right now are looking nice and healthy,” he said. “There’s been a huge improvement since 2012.”

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