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Suffolk County Explores Legal Action To Combat 'Discriminatory' Fishing Quotas

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authorShaye Weaver on Aug 5, 2014
Just one day after the State Department of Environmental Conservation took back a controversial quota on porgies, the Suffolk County Legislature agreed to consider legal action on behalf of the... more

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