Sundog Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 i wouldn't eat any life form within 200 miles of this area Even locally grown beef/poultry/vegetables? I'd rather eat that than for example oranges from Brazil that have fungicide in the orange juice. Local food FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover76 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Yup. The mouth of Hempstead harbor opened up last June. Great to see the water clarity clean up more and more. are you serious? isnt hempstead harbor the filthhiest harbor on the island? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 are you serious? isnt hempstead harbor the filthhiest harbor on the island? It hasn't been as clean as it is now in almost 50 years. Tests have shown water quality to exceed those that are required to allow shellfishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover76 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 It hasn't been as clean as it is now in almost 50 years. Tests have shown water quality to exceed those that are required to allow shellfishing. I still won't eat anything that comes out of the western half of the sound. The eastern half is fine. But if you eat anything from the western half you will have a green radioactive glow to your body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 i wouldn't eat any life form within 200 miles of this area this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 this Not this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 this Lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 are you serious? isnt hempstead harbor the filthhiest harbor on the island? The harbor itself is not open for clamming. It's the mouth of the harbor that opens up and the water depths drop to 40' and more. And even the harbor itself is much cleaner then 20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Lmao. People are worried about eating food from a region that has strict safety regulations and yet they'll be more than happy to gobble up food shipped in from the third world lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 i wouldn't eat any life form within 200 miles of this area Lol! Then don't order seafood from a restaurant or from a fish market. Tuna, porgies, swordfish, lobster, striped bass, flounder, fluke, sea bass and almost every other fish you eat come from our area. There really isn't much that doesn't except for the foreign fish like Chilean sea bass which has some of the highest mercury levels of all fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 People are worried about eating food from a region that has strict safety regulations and yet they'll be more than happy to gobble up food shipped in from the third world lol. It's hilarious. The condition of fish from 3rd world nations is disgusting. When looking for fish ALWAYS get fish that is locally caught. Anything else is old and much unhealthier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 It's hilarious. The condition of fish from 3rd world nations is disgusting. When looking for fish ALWAYS get fish that is locally caught. Anything else is old and much unhealthier. Not only that but land based foods like meat, dairy, fruits and vegetables are far better when they are from our local area. The ignorance about our surrounding environment is kind of depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Not only that but land based foods like meat, dairy, fruits and vegetables are far better when they are from our local area. The ignorance about our surrounding environment is kind of depressing. People have no clue. The Atlantic ocean is one of the cleanest bodies of water in the WORLD. The bigger the body, the cleaner. The Pacific is the cleanest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I usually catch fish with my bare hands in the atlantic and then eat it raw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 People are worried about eating food from a region that has strict safety regulations and yet they'll be more than happy to gobble up food shipped in from the third world lol. The Hypocrasy is amazing eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 The Hypocrasy is amazing eh? Still raining here Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycsnow Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I usually catch fish with my bare hands in the atlantic and then eat it raw Lmaoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 i grew up in bayonne and watched droves of immigrants catch blue crabs from newark bay... lololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 i grew up in bayonne and watched droves of immigrants catch blue crabs from newark bay... lololol That I agree is disgusting. But thats a big difference then the ocean waters or the deep areas of the LI sound. Those enclosed, shallow bays are definitely dirty and all shellfishing is prohibited from there, including recommendations to not eat the crabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrials Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 western sound is constantly bombarded by water polution control dumps that exceed safety standards and go unreported . Even with it being cleaner now, it was abused for decades and that stuff just doesnt "disappear". Its in the ecosystem and will never be cleansed. As AG3 says, eastern sound closer to the atlantic and out into the atlantic is as good as you can do give what humans have done to this planet. Lastly, the stipers and bluefish, no matter where you catch them, are poison IMHO. They absord mercury and pcb's faster than you can say BUST. Alex eats about 20 of them a year, and I guarantee you he glows in the dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefflaw77 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Ag3 - are the eastern parts of the sound pretty clean? with depths of 50-100 feet out there, it must be nicer no- like from Sunken Meadow Park - North and East? Random question, but have you ever seen shark in Long Island Sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Ag3 - are the eastern parts of the sound pretty clean? with depths of 50-100 feet out there, it must be nicer no- like from Sunken Meadow Park - North and East? Random question, but have you ever seen shark in Long Island Sound? Yes the eastern part of the sound is much cleaner then the western parts. The sound opens up wider and wider as you head east and the cleaner ocean water is able to enter the more east you go. In the Orient Point area the visibility is so good, that you can see the bottom and the fish biting your line in water as deep as 15'. There are a few sharks in the sound, but usually straggler Makos or brown sharks. Nothing sustained like the ocean areas. Dolphins are very common in the sound though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 i wish the crabs were safe to eat... nature taunted me whenever i walked under an old dock as a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrials Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Yes the eastern part of the sound is much cleaner then the western parts. The sound opens up wider and wider as you head east and the cleaner ocean water is able to enter the more east you go. In the Orient Point area the visibility is so good, that you can see the bottom and the fish biting your line in water as deep as 15'. There are a few sharks in the sound, but usually straggler Makos or brown sharks. Nothing sustained like the ocean areas. Dolphins are very common in the sound though. with the water temperatures rising along with salinity changes as a result of global warming, man made or otherwise, expect to see an increase in large and predatory sharks in the sound. Soon great white sightings will be common place like cape cod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 This thread should be renamed The Fish Thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Scott in the SNE thread Holy weeklies. Ridging into AK and Greenland. Warm party ends late this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Scott in the SNE thread summer blocking can mean big heat for us... look at last july and 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrials Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 summer blocking can mean big heat for us... look at last july and 2010 except its this month into april so its not the reverse correlation you are speaking of. this has 34 and rain written all over it. Fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefflaw77 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Yes the eastern part of the sound is much cleaner then the western parts. The sound opens up wider and wider as you head east and the cleaner ocean water is able to enter the more east you go. In the Orient Point area the visibility is so good, that you can see the bottom and the fish biting your line in water as deep as 15'. There are a few sharks in the sound, but usually straggler Makos or brown sharks. Nothing sustained like the ocean areas. Dolphins are very common in the sound though. It really is beautiful out there huh.. I think i may take a trip ou to the north fork later in June.. I haven't been out there in quite some time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Scott in the SNE thread Yep, here we go again...models call for pattern change, said pattern change fails to verify and the torch marches on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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