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Advocates want state funds for Connetquot hatchery
Photo credit: Newsday/Photo by James Carbone | August 18, 2009; Oakdale, NY: Supporters of the fish hatchery, sign a partition at Connetquot River State Park.
Plea to Reopen Connetquot Hatchery
The Connetquot River hatchery, which for 118 years supplied trout for what has been one of the state's most heralded angling spots, stands empty. Fishing on the river has dwindled, and visiting children can no longer follow the growth of a trout from roe to fry to rainbow.
On the quiet riverbank, state and local politicians gathered last week to demand money from the state for a study to determine...
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