Category: Long Island Sound
The Forage Fish that Feed the Sound’s Ecosystem
For thousands of years, Connecticut’s streams and rivers have witnessed an amazing annual rite of passage. Every spring, alewife and blueback herring, collectively known as river herring, travel from the ocean to freshwater to spawn. After hatching, the young remain in freshwater to grow, and in the fall, return to Long Island Sound. The river […]
Show Your Support to Keep Long Island Sound Clean from Stormwater Pollution
Dissolved Oxygen Levels Are Dropping in the Sound But Affected Areas Might End Up Being Far Smaller Than Last Summer
Water quality as measured by dissolved oxygen is approaching its typical summertime low in the far western end of Long Island Sound.
Shellfish Problems Are Another Sign of a Warming Sound
The recall and the closure are directly linked to warmer water temperatures.