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Harvesting
This is the third installment of a series exploring the economic impact flamming has on the local South Shore economy. Parts 1 and 2 addressed setting out to the clamming areas, and calculating clamming's total value to the town in dollars.
by Douglas Finlay
Depending upon a point of view, allowing only six bushels of clams a day guarantees that the clamming fields will not be depleted as they were years ago. "Years ago they could deplete the area by loading their boats up with clams. Today's programs protect against depletion of the area; the idea is always to have a plentiful supply of clams," Mr. Falco told The Leader.
Indeed, "Because there aren't .the abundance of clams there used to be, restrictions have to be placed on the amount of clams that can be harvested," declared Robert Cerrato, an associate professor at the Marine Sciences Research Center at Stony Brook University, which studies marine Ufe in
Waters surrounding Long Island and elsewhere for the state.
But Ron Masters, commissioner of the Town of Hempstead's Department of Conservation and Waterways, would comment only that limited resources available to the department dictate that the town only permit six bushels per day, per licensed clammer.
At least one clammer disagrees with the assumption that clams are being thinned out by overharvesting, saying instead that there are still plentiful clams in the bays for clammers to make a living. "During the winter months they may be held to six bushels because there are an abundance of clams in those controlled areas," said Captain Tony Sougstad, a clammer for over 30 years.
Instead, he suggested that clammers may not be harvesting as many clams as they once did because they can get more for each clam they sell. "Years ago we would bring in a bag with 700 clams (little necks) and get 15 cents for them;" Now, they can make up to 25 cents and more, depending upon the purchaser, so
there is no need to harvest more.
(continued on page 3)
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| Title | The-Leader_2005-10-13 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2005 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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