Paterson asks feds to help LI hard clams fisheries
Citing the dramatic decline of hard clams in the Great South Bay and persistent water quality problems there, Gov. David A. Paterson asked the federal Commerce Department to declare a commercial fishery failure.
That determination would open the spigot for federal grants to help restore the local clam population. Harvests plummeted in the mid-1980s; recovery has been hampered by pollution...
