About Long Island Sound (NY/CT)

"FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Lobstermen have reached a settlement with the final chemical company targeted in legal action over the steep decline in the lobster population in Long Island Sound. Seventy-five percent of full-time lobstermen on Long Island Sound were driven out of business. Lobster catches in the Sound dropped to less than one (m) million pounds a year, compared with six (m) million pounds in the late 1990's. Money will be divided among several hundred commercial lobstermen. Lawsuits filed in 2000 targeted the makers of chemicals sprayed in and around the New York area in 1999 to combat an outbreak of the West Nile virus, which is spread by mosquitoes. Suits against two companies were settled in 2004." Link for names in title.