06.13.2015 Editorials Editorial: Something must be done about nitrogen in our waters We’ve been reminded a lot in recent weeks that fish kills are a regular occurrence in these parts, and aren’t anything new. These comments are being made mostly to...
06.12.2015 Environment County assembles panel to discuss die-off of fish and turtles County lawmakers, scientists and environmentalists acknowledge nitrogen overloading in local waterways is the biggest contributor to the recent die-off of fish and turtles. They also agree aging septic tanks...
06.06.2015 Columns Guest Column: People are to blame, not bluefish Over the past several weeks, the East End’s waterways have been inundated with toxic red and mahogany tides resulting in die-offs of diamondback terrapin (turtles), bunker and alewives. Our...
06.04.2015 Health & Environment Riverhead Town holds off on fish kill cleanup after high tide The high tide went out Wednesday night, and with it went hundreds of dead fish. That’s exactly the news Riverhead Police Chief David Hegermiller wanted to hear. Chief Hegermiller — who has...
06.01.2015 Environment Riverhead hopes high tide can help with dead fish cleanup With thousands of dead bunker decaying on Riverhead’s shores after a massive fish kill last week, authorities are hoping Mother Nature can lend a hand with the cleanup.
06.01.2015 Environment Hundreds of dead fish now washing up in Southold Town Bunker fish lined the bay shores of Southold Town Sunday morning, days after the latest massive fish kill reports in Riverhead and Southampton towns.
05.30.2015 Environment Riverhead Town scrambling to fix ‘critical’ situation as fish die off A recent die-off of bait fish in the Peconic Estuary has Riverhead Town rallying local fishermen to harvest as many bunker as they can before the fish die, according to Supervisor Sean...