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Abandoned lobster traps in Long Island Sound to be removed

Two decades after Connecticut's lobster industry collapsed, federal funding has been approved to begin removing some of the hundreds of thousands of derelict lobster traps left on the floor of the Long Island Sound, a “ghost fishery" that continues to trap and kill marine life to this day.

Associated Press

Mar 23, 2022, 5:36 AM

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