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Connecticut’s traditional fishing catch is heading north

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Climate change-induced shifts of marine species in the Northeast are forcing changes in fishing patterns for Connecticut fishermen, threatening to upend fishing management systems and generating political controversy and finger-pointing as policies struggle to keep up with the pace of fish movement, and the Connecticut fishing community struggles to hang on. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Environment, black sea bass, clams, climate change, DEEP, Deeper Look, Department of Agriculture aquaculture, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

CT fighting move to give Long Island Sound waters to New York, Rhode Island

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WASHINGTON – Connecticut’s lawmakers and state officials are trying to derail a bill would take about 150 square miles of Long Island Sound waters from federal government control and give that authority to New York and Rhode Island, a move that could hurt the state’s fishermen. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Environment, Politics, Washington, Block Island, DEEP, EEZ, EEZ Clarification Act, fishing