Legislation Would End Pesticide Use In Long Island Sound to Restore the Lobster Industry
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Daily Voice] by Frank MacEachern - July 01, 2015
DARIEN, Conn. -- Roger Frate of Darien has a simple answer to improving the stock of lobster in Long Island Sound.
"We've got a bad situation here unless we can tell New York what to do," Frate told U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., on Tuesday. Frate wants New York State to curb pesticide use, which he said is responsible for the dramatic drop-off in the number of lobsters in the Sound.
Murphy stopped by Frate's Darien Seafood Market to speak with Frate and fellow commercial fisherman Tony Carlo of Norwalk about the state of the lobster stocks and to drum up support for...
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