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Merrick Road a Ocean Avenus
Freeport,N.Y. 11528
70th Year, No. 34 Freeport, N.Y. 11520
The Community Newspaper
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VIUSIC INSTRUCTION IN FREEPORT is a thriving program!
Local clamming: A way of life
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This is the first article in a series examining the role bay clams play in the local economy.
by Douglas Finlay
We set out in the late-morning light, Mike Rossi and I, an overcast day in which the clouds would, ultimately, maintain their composure. The waters were calm, almost serene, as we slowly rounded the northeast bend of Baldwin Bay on Our way east out to see for ourselves just what lurks beneath the sheen of the water's silvery-blue surface: fields of green.
These fields of green have names to be sure, such as Trump's Hole, L-Y Bay and Egg Island, but what makes them green is their propensity to grow the clams that are an engine helping power the local South Shore economy, from the clammers that dig them to the retailers that sell them to the restaurants that turn them into delightful cuisine for Long Islanders.
Indeed, clammers, or shellfisher-men as they prefer to be called, earn anywhere from 12 cents to 25 cents and more per clam from fish retailers and wholesalers, and restaurants, depending on the size of the clam. The biggest clam is the chowder clam, which earns the least, followed closely by the cherrystone, the top neck and then the little neck, with the
little neck fetching the highest price because of its desired smaller size to restaurateurs in presenting a dish.
With anywhere from 200 to 500 clams placed in a bushel basket because of varying sizes encountered when shellfishing, a decent day's wage after harvesting for 12 hours might be between $150 to $200. "Part-timers like myself will take a leisurely approach when shellfishing, so will average about $80 per day," said Mr. Rossi, vice-president of the Hempstead Shellfisherman's
Association, which supplies several restaurants, retailers and wholesalers on Nassau's South Shore with shellfish.
Mr. Rossi recalls a particularly good day several years ago before limits were put on the amount of bushels that could be taken from the bay per day, earning some $800.
Conversely, restaurants on main streets and along canals will increase their earnings anywhere from between 5 and 25 percent when offering clam dishes and appetizers, such as clams casino; clams-on-the-half shell; stuffed clams; or linguini with clam sauce. Or, said another way, overall sales can be impacted anywhere from between 5 percent to 25 percent when clams are not available
from the bays.
(continued on page 3)
"TAKE OUR PARENTS TO SCHOOL DAY" at New Visions in Freeport.
STUDENTS AT STEELE SCHOOL, BALDWIN, hard at work.
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| Title | The-Leader_2005-08-25 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2005 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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