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The Breach Report — June 20th 2013 Part II “Thanks to The New Inlet I’m Seeing More Fish and Cleaner Water”

The Breach Report — June 20th 2013 Part II “Thanks to The New Inlet I’m Seeing More Fish and Cleaner Water”

by Marshall Brown | Jun 20, 2013 | Fixing Habitats

That’s at least what fisherman and boatsman Peter Curto had to say, and he has the pictures to prove it: This slideshow requires...
The Breach Report June 20th, 2013 — It’s No Fluke.  Excellent Fishing In Bellport Bay, Thanks To New Inlet

The Breach Report June 20th, 2013 — It’s No Fluke. Excellent Fishing In Bellport Bay, Thanks To New Inlet

by Marshall Brown | Jun 20, 2013 | Cleaner Water

Sez “Surf FireIsland”: “Epic fluke fishing happening in the bay right now. Thanks to new inlet for making the bay full of life again!” He’s got the picture to prove it!: Also stripers, blues, weakfish, blowfish in number and size this...
New York Seagrant Weighs In On The Breach and The Crippling of The Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant — Both Caused By Hurricane Sandy

New York Seagrant Weighs In On The Breach and The Crippling of The Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant — Both Caused By Hurricane Sandy

by Marshall Brown | Jun 18, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats

Seagrant ( a lot more on them below, from their site), offers an overview of the two most important topics affecting The Great South Bay and the Western Bays — The Breach / New Inlet, and The Crippling of The Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant By Hurricane...
Pouring Rain Again — Many Long Island Beaches Will Remain Closed Because of Polluted Ground Water

Pouring Rain Again — Many Long Island Beaches Will Remain Closed Because of Polluted Ground Water

by Marshall Brown | Jun 13, 2013 | Bay Friendly Yards, Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats

The ecological condition of Long Island’s ground water has reached a crisis point.   Year by year the algal blooms grow more intense and pervasive, with brown tides erasing more habitats, with contaminated waters closing more and more acres to shellfishing, and...
News12: Fire Island Breach Created by Superstorm Sandy Stops Brown Tide at Great South Bay

News12: Fire Island Breach Created by Superstorm Sandy Stops Brown Tide at Great South Bay

by Marshall Brown | Jun 12, 2013 | Cleaner Water

  ….which begs the question, ‘shouldnt we be opening up breaches in Shinnecock and Moriches Bays and other places so that they could be freed of brown tides as well, and so that the fish can come back?   We’d still need to get our acts together...
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