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Article: Warming Sound has lobsters in a pinch.
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- Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT)
- Article date:
- April 9, 2006
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Byline: John Nickerson
Apr. 9--BRIDGEPORT -- Rising water temperatures could be to blame for the steep decline in lobsters and other cold-water species once found in abundance in Long Island Sound.
According to researchers gathered yesterday in Bridgeport for the 16th annual Long Island Sound Summit, the Sound is experiencing a dramatic change in the types of wildlife that reside there.
Trawling surveys over the past 20 years show the number of cold-water species such as winter flounder, American lobster, cunner and spiny dogfish are declining while warm-water species such as bluefish, menhaden, hickory shad, black sea bass and summer flounder ...