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New fish sculptures unveiled in Grangebel Park

by Vera Chinese on May 28th, 2014
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These fish sculptures commemorated Fish Migration Day. (Credit: Cera Chinese)

Take a walk along the Peconic River and be sure to check out these two steel fish sculptures, unveiled in Grangebel park last week to commemorate “World Fish Migration Day”.

The sculptures, made by Long Island Aquarium exhibit artist Eli Fishman, are part of a newly renovated fish ladder that replaced a manmade dam that previously prevented the annual migration. The fish passage enables River Herring and American Eels to swim upstream and spawn, opening 24 acres of habitat over 1 1/2 miles of Peconic River.

The town received a total of $750,00 in grants (state, federal and others) to restore the historic fish habitat in the Peconic River. American eel populations have experienced drastic declines in recent years, according to the town, and habitat expansion rebuilds the species, as well as the animals in the food chain associated with the fish.

 

Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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