(excerpt from) Newsday Some Long Island shellfish beds closed May 28, 2009 HUNTINGTON, N.Y. – Environmental officials have temporarily closed about 2,200 acres of Long Island shellfish harvest areas after a potentially lethal toxin was found in mussels. The state Department of Environmental Conservation shut down the shellfishing beds Wednesday in Huntington Town waters. The […]
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